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NY A04451
Bill
Status
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Molitor
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AI Summary
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Limits governor's initial emergency law suspensions to 30 days, with only one 15-day extension allowed before requiring legislative approval by concurrent resolution for any further extensions
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Requires all emergency suspension orders to specify which individual counties are affected and provide detailed justification with facts, circumstances, demographics, and conditions for each county
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Allows county executives or mayors of cities with over one million residents to request termination of disaster declarations affecting their jurisdiction, with the governor required to respond within 15 days or the emergency orders automatically expire for that locality
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Creates judicial review process in state supreme court where governors must prove by clear and convincing evidence within 5 days that continued emergency orders are necessary and narrowly tailored
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Mandates that any executive order impairing constitutional rights (religion, assembly, speech, press, liberty, property, equal treatment, contracts) must include a process for administrative hearings and court appeals to challenge applicability and constitutionality
Legislative Description
Restores the legislative checks and balances to any emergency declaration that exceeds forty-five days; ensures judicial due process rights for any action that impairs fundamental constitutional rights by limiting the powers of the governor to suspend laws during a state disaster emergency; requires a specification and explanation of which municipalities are affected by such suspension of laws.
Last Action
referred to governmental operations
1/7/2026