Provisions
III.11 proposed for 1870 • Bills may originate in either house.
REJECTED
The Text
Any bill may originate in either house of the Legislature ; and bills passed by one house may be amended by the other.
A Few Facts
• Has 23 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1869
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• Been in Article III:
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-III.13
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