Title CMS, Senate Rules

RULE IV\nPRESIDING OFFICER\n

Section 1. The Presiding Officer of the Senate shall preserve order\nand decorum in the Senate Chamber; ensure that debate is germane to the\nquestion under discussion; in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct\nin the lobby or galleries, he or she may cause the same to be cle…

§ 2. Immediately upon the final passage by the Senate of any bill, or\nconcurrent resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the\nState, and concurrent resolutions proposing or ratifying amendments to\nthe Constitution of the United States he or she shall certify that…

§ 3. When the Presiding Officer is other than the President of the\nSenate, such Presiding Officer shall be vested with all of the powers\nand duties conferred by these rules and by any other rule or law upon\nthe President.\n

RULE V\nTHE SENATE AND ITS OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES\n

Section 1. The Senate shall not discriminate because of race, creed,\ncolor, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability in\njudging the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, or\nin the appointment of any member to committee or other office, or…

§ 2. The administration and operations of the Senate shall be\nconducted in a fair and nonpartisan manner, including access to services\nnecessary to all members and their offices, without regard to the\nmembers conference.\n

§ 3. The Conference leaders shall not serve in such capacity longer\nthan eight years.\n

§ 4. The Senate may choose a Secretary, a Sergeant at Arms and an\nOfficial Stenographer who shall be elected for the term of the Senate.\nSuch employees may be appointed as shall be provided for by\nappropriation, in the manner provided by law. Each officer and employee\nof the …

§ 5. a. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to have the journals,\nbills, calendars, messages and other documents printed and distributed\nin the manner provided by law. He or she shall present to the Governor,\nand enter upon the journals, such bills as shall have originated i…

§ 6. The Sergeant at Arms, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary,\nshall be the security officer of the Senate, and, except when absent in\nthe discharge of his or her duties, shall be in constant attendance upon\nthe sessions of the Senate and shall assign Assistant Sergeants …

§ 7. The Official Stenographer or designee shall attend every session\nof the Senate and take stenographic notes of the debates of the Senate.\nHe or she shall make a stenographic record of the proceedings and make\ncopies available to the Secretary of the Senate. In addition, th…

RULE VI\nPROCEEDINGS\n

Section 1. a. The Journal. The Senate shall keep a journal of its\nproceedings and publish the same, except such parts as may require\nsecrecy. The legislative and executive proceedings of the Senate shall\neach be recorded in a separate journal.\n b. Video of Senate proceedings.…

§ 2. Hours in session. No session shall be held between 12:00 A.M. and\n8:00 A.M.; provided, however, that the Senate may remain in session to\ncomplete action on a measure or measures upon which debate was begun\nprior to 12:00 A.M. or to act on a measure or measures for which a…

§ 3. Order of Business. a. The Presiding Officer shall take the Chair\nat the hour to which the Senate shall have adjourned and following a\nrecital of the pledge of allegiance to the flag, the first business of\nthe day shall be the reading of the journal of the preceding day, t…

§ 4. Messages. Messages from the Governor and Assembly, communications\nand reports from State officers, reports from a committee involving the\nright of a Senator to his or her seat, and reports from the Committee on\nRules shall be received at any time.\n

§ 5. Special orders. Whenever any bill or other matter is made a\nspecial order for a particular day, and it shall not be completed on\nthat day, it shall, unless otherwise ordered, retain its place on the\ncalendar as a special order in the order of business in which it was\ncon…

§ 6. Calendar. a. The matters upon the Senate Calendar shall be\narranged and acted upon in the following order:\n (1) Resolutions.\n (2) Bills on order of first report.\n (3) Bills on order of second report.\n (4) Bills on order of special report.\n (5) Bills starred after repor…

§ 7. Executive Session. The Senate shall go into consideration of\nexecutive business at such times as may be ordered by a vote of the\nmajority of the Senators present. On motion to close the doors of the\nSenate, on the discussion of business which in the opinion of any\nSenato…

§ 8. Motions. a. When a question is before the Senate, only the\nfollowing motions shall be made by a Senator, and such motions shall\nhave precedence in the order here stated, viz.:\n (1) For an adjournment.\n (2) For a call of the Senate.\n (3) For the previous question.\n (4) …

§ 9. Reconsideration. a. When a question has once been put and\ndecided, it shall be in order for any Senator to move for the\nreconsideration thereof; but no motion for the reconsideration of any\nvote shall be in order after the bill, resolution, message, report,\namendment, no…

RULE VII\nINTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS\n

Section 1. Introduction. Bills and resolutions shall be introduced by\na Senator, or on the report of a committee, or by message from the\nAssembly, or by order of the Senate, or by the Governor pursuant to\nArticle VII of the Constitution. Every bill introduced shall be in\ndupl…

§ 2. Multi-sponsorship. Any Senator may join together in the\nmulti-sponsorship of a bill. If two or more Senators join together when\na bill is first introduced and before it is printed, the names of all\nmulti-sponsors shall appear on the printed bill upon the following\ncondit…

§ 3. Printing. Every bill immediately upon its introduction shall be\nprinted and placed on the bill files on the desks of the Senators, where\nit shall remain for at least three calendar legislative days. All bills\nreported favorably or for consideration, if reported with amend…

§ 4. Title and body of bill. The title of every bill shall briefly\nstate the subject thereof. The title of every bill amending or repealing\nany provision of a consolidated law shall refer to such law. The title\nof every bill amending or repealing any unconsolidated law shall r…

§ 5. Final date. a. The Majority Coalition Leaders may designate a\ndate in writing after which no bill or original resolution shall be\nintroduced except by message from the Assembly, but no date prior to the\nfirst Tuesday of March shall be so designated; provided, however, tha…

§ 6. Budget bills. When a bill is submitted or proposed by the\nGovernor by authority of Article VII of the Constitution, it shall\nbecome, for all legislative purposes, a legislative bill, and upon\nreceipt thereof by the Senate it shall be endorsed "Budget Bill" and be\ngiven a…

§ 7. Program, departmental and agency bills. Every bill proposed by\nthe Governor, the Attorney General, the Comptroller or by state\ndepartments and agencies shall be submitted to the office of the\nTemporary President and shall be forwarded by the Majority Coalition\nLeaders fo…

§ 8. Reintroduction. Any Senate bill introduced in the first year of\nthe term of the Senate which during that regular Legislative Session was\nnot reported from a Standing Committee or if reported and later\nrecommitted to a Standing Committee is deemed to be automatically\nrein…

§ 9. Resolutions. a. All original resolutions shall be in\nquadruplicate, and no original resolution may be introduced unless\ncopies thereof first shall have been furnished, to the extent\npracticable, forty-eight hours prior to the time for acting on such\nresolution to respect…

RULE VIII\nSTANDING COMMITTEES\n

Section 1. There shall be the following standing committees which\nshall serve and shall continue throughout the year:\n To consist of thirty-seven Senators:\n Finance\n To consist of twenty-five Senators:\n Rules\n To consist of twenty-three Senators:\n Judiciary\n To consist of…

§ 2. Committee on Rules. The Committee on Rules may sit at any time\nand shall report bills out of committee only if they shall have been\nduly reported to the Committee on Rules from a standing committee of\norigin, or from a committee of secondary reference, or if the chair of\…

§ 3. Open Meetings of Standing Committees. a. (1) Standing committees\nshall hold regular meetings at such time and on such day as the Majority\nCoalition Leaders in consultation with the chair and such schedule shall\nbe published one week in advance of the date of such meeting …

§ 4. Hearings. a. Committee hearings. Chairs of standing committees\nmay call public hearings to permit interested persons, groups or\norganizations the opportunity to testify orally or in writing on\nlegislation or issues pending before such standing committee. Chairs are\nencou…

§ 5. Reports. a. No committee shall vote to report a bill or other\nmatter unless a majority of all the members thereof vote in favor of\nsuch report. Each report of a committee upon a bill shall have the vote\nof each Senator attached thereto and such report and vote shall be\na…

§ 6. Nominations. Unless the Senate orders otherwise, all nominations\nsent by the Governor for the appointment of any officer shall be\nsubmitted to the Temporary President who shall then refer such\nnominations simultaneously to the Finance Committee, and the appropriate\nstand…

§ 7. Finance Committee. A bill or resolution providing for an\nappropriation or creating or increasing a charge upon the State Treasury\nshall, when reported by any committee other than the Finance Committee,\nbe referred to the Finance Committee, and the committee reporting such…

§ 8. New York City Education Subcommittee. The Committee on education\nshall have a permanent subcommittee, consisting of six members, on New\nYork City Education. The chairperson, ranking member and membership of\nthe New York City Education subcommittee shall be appointed by th…

RULE IX\nPASSAGE OF BILLS\n

Section 1. Bills on desks. No bill shall be passed unless it shall\nhave been printed and upon the desk of each Senator in its final form at\nleast three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless\nthe Governor or acting Governor shall have certified, under his …

§ 2. Reading of bills. a. Every bill shall receive three readings\nprevious to its being passed.\n b. Upon the third reading of a bill, the question upon its final\npassage shall be taken immediately thereafter; provided, however, that\nany bill may be committed prior to the fina…

§ 3. Third reading calendar. a. The Calendar of bills on the order of\nthird reading shall consist of all bills which have been advanced to a\nthird reading from the order of second report or the order of special\nreport.\n b. All Senate bills, when advanced to a third reading sh…

§ 4. Amendments. a. A non-sponsor may move to amend a bill at any time\nprior to the completion of its third reading provided that at least two\nhours before the time for the Senate to convene, a copy of the proposed\namendment or amendments to any bill on the list of bills compi…

§ 5. Substitution. When a bill is received as a message from the\nAssembly, or at any time thereafter, and a Senate bill, identical\ntherewith, is on the order of third reading, or in the order of first or\nsecond report, the Assembly bill may be substituted for the Senate bill\n…

§ 6. Final passage. a. Prior to the reading of the third reading\ncalendar of any given day, the Majority Coalition Leaders may jointly\nfile with the Journal Clerk an active list of bills on the third reading\ncalendar which may be acted upon on that date and he or she may lay\n…

§ 7. Starred bills. a. A bill appearing on the calendar may be\n"starred" only by or on behalf of the introducer, whereupon all further\naction on such bill shall be suspended, although it retains its place on\nthe Calendar.\n b. Other than for the purpose of amendment or recommi…

§ 8. Recall and concurrence. All Senate bills amended by the Assembly,\nand returned to the Senate, for its concurrence, and all bills amended\nby the report of a conference committee, shall be subject to the\nprovisions of section one of this Rule.\n