Provisions
III.13 proposed for 1870 • Manner of passing bills.
REJECTED
The Text
No bill shall be passed unless by the assent of a majority of the members elected to each house. The question upon the final passage shall be taken immediately upon the last reading ; and the yeas and nays shall be entered on the journal.
A Few Facts
• Has 45 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:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-III.15
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