In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. Legislatively referred constitutional amendments Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development Committee.Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Committee.Libraries and Education Technology Committee.Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry Committee.Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee.Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee.Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee.Senate Environmental Conservation Committee.Senate Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee.Investigations and Government Operations Committee.Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee.Ethics and Internal Governance Committee.Energy and Telecommunications Committee.Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee.Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee.Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business Committee.Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Committee.There are no joint committees of the New York State Legislature. Standing legislative committees See also: Standing committee and List of committees in New York state governmentĪ standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.Īt the beginning of the 2022 legislative session, there were 79 standing committees in New York's state government, including zero joint legislative committees, 40 state Senate committees, and 39 state Assembly committees. This information is provided by BillTrack50. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation met these criteria in 2022. The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2022 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the New York State Legislature in the 2022 legislative session. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. New York was also one of eight state legislatures where Democrats had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. For more information about state government trifectas, click here. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House.

New York was one of 14 Democrat state government trifectas at the start of 2022 legislative sessions. Partisan control in 2022 See also: State government trifectas Majority leader: Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D).Majority leader: Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D).5 Legislatively referred constitutional amendments.

Senate session calendar 2018