Provisions
III.11 of 1939 • Members not to be questioned for speeches.
APPROVED
The Text
For any speech or debate in either house of the legislature, the members shall not be questioned in any other place.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article III: Legislature
• Has 21 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1895-III.12
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