Provisions
III.10 of 1939 • Journals; open sessions; adjournments.
APPROVED
The Text
Each house of the legislature shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same, except such parts as may require secrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article III: Legislature
• Has 55 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1895-III.11
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