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As you might expect, the Constitution of New York states: "nor shall any bill be passed or become a law, except by the assent of a majority of the members elec
by butlerm 4y ago
As you might expect, the Constitution of New York states: "nor
shall any bill be passed or become a law, except by the assent of a majority
of the members elected to each branch of the legislature" (Art. III S.14).
"Every bill which shall have passed the senate and assembly shall, before
it becomes a law, be presented to the governor; if the governor approve, he
or she shall sign it; but if not, he or she shall return it with his or her
objections to the house in which it shall have originated, which shall enter
the objections at large on the journal, and proceed to reconsider it" (Art IV S.7).
So if a governor doesn't want to sign a bill, he/she may veto it and explain why, come to an agreement about what is acceptable, and then a revised version would have to be adopted in identical form by both houses before it was ready to sign again.