Title CMA, Assembly Rules

Section 1. Requirement of Fiscal Impact Notes. Fiscal impact notes shall be required for all bills and amendments, other than those excepted as provided in section four hereof, which would substantially affect the revenues or expenses, or both, of any county, city, town, village,…

§ 2. Sufficiency and Contents of Fiscal Impact Notes. Fiscal impact notes shall be deemed sufficient for purposes of this Joint Rule if prepared in conformity with this section. A. Scope of fiscal estimates. Fiscal impact upon political subdivisions shall be estimated on the basi…

§ 3. Procedure. A. (i) The Temporary President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each designate a person in such officer's respective house to examine each bill in such house, without regard to its house of origin, for the purpose of ascertaining whether a fisca…

§ 4. Exceptions. A fiscal impact note shall not be required for a bill: A. subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Legislative Law; B. requested by a county, city, town or village in accordance with the provisions of paragraph two of subdivision (b) of section two of Artic…

§ 5. Effect of Inaccuracy. If the estimate or estimates contained in a fiscal impact note are inaccurate, such inaccuracy shall not affect, impair or invalidate such bill.

§ 6. Application. The provisions of this Joint Rule shall apply to bills and amendments proposed for introduction at the nineteen hundred eighty-five regular legislative session and permanently thereafter.

Section 1. Committee on Conference. The Temporary President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly may jointly convene a Joint Committee on Conference to consider and report upon substantially similar but not identical legislation that has passed each House of the Legislat…

Section 1. Budget Consideration Schedule. In accordance with section 54-a of the Legislative Law, within ten days of the submission of the budget by the Governor pursuant to article VII of the Constitution, the Temporary President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly sha…

§ 2. Joint Budget Conference Committee. In accordance with section 54-a of the Legislative Law, within ten days of the submission of the budget by the Governor pursuant to article VII of the Constitution, the Temporary President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly shall…

Section 1. Joint Advisory Board on Broadcast of State Government Proceedings. The Temporary President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly shall convene a bi-partisan, bi-cameral joint advisory board to oversee current and future broadcast of New York State Government pr…

§ 2. Duties of the Joint Advisory Board. The joint advisory board shall engage in such activities as it deems necessary for the preparation and formulation of a report to review the efficacy of current programming and explore future expansion of such to include additional legisla…

RULE I SPEAKER

RULE X TELEVISING ASSEMBLY SESSION

Section 1. Televised Proceedings; Broadcast. Any televised proceedings of sessions of the New York State Assembly shall be made available for statewide television broadcast, pursuant to the following: a. All televised proceedings of the Assembly session shall be unedited, except …

§ 2. Televised Proceedings; Ownership. The televised proceedings of sessions of the New York State Assembly as provided for in section one of this Rule, in any form, shall be deemed the property of the New York State Assembly. PERMANENT JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY …

Section 1. Powers and Duties. The Speaker shall: a. take the chair each day at the hour to which the House adjourned; b. call the House to order, lead the Members of the Assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and, except in the absence o…

§ 2. Vacancy. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Speaker, the Majority Leader shall be the Acting Speaker until the Assembly shall re-assemble.

§ 3. Assembly Chamber, lobbies, rooms and property. a. The use of the Assembly Chamber, lobbies, rooms and property shall be controlled by the Speaker. He or she shall direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to perform such acts as may be necessary to preserve order. b. The following persons…

§ 4. Sergeant-at-Arms. Subject to the direction of the Speaker, the Sergeant-at-Arms shall enforce the Rules of the House, enforce order in the Assembly Chamber, lobbies and rooms, exclude all persons from the floor except such as are entitled to the privileges of the same and pe…

§ 5. Sexual harassment policy. The Speaker shall promulgate a policy prohibiting sexual harassment, which shall, at a minimum, be applicable to members of the Assembly and Assembly staff, define the conduct which is prohibited, establish a process for the resolution of complaints…

§ 6. Affirmative action policy. The Speaker shall promulgate a policy with respect to affirmative action, which shall, at a minimum: (a) prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, gen…

§ 7. Non-fraternization policy. The Speaker shall promulgate a policy prohibiting fraternization with student interns, which shall at a minimum, be applicable to members of the Assembly and Assembly staff, define the conduct which is prohibited, and establish a procedure for inve…

§ 8. Budget adoption schedule. Within ten days of submission of the budget by the Governor, the Speaker shall promulgate a schedule of dates for consideration and passage of the budget appropriation and related bills. Such dates shall include dates for public hearings on such bil…

RULE II ORDER OF BUSINESS AND MOTIONS

Section 1. Stenographer. It shall be the duty of the Stenographer of the Assembly to be present at every session of the House. A daily stenographic record of the proceedings of the House shall be made and copies thereof shall be available to the public, at a place designated by t…

§ 2. Hours in session. The House shall convene at 2:00 P.M. on Monday and 11:00 A.M. on other days unless otherwise ordered. No session shall extend beyond eight hours nor shall it occur between 12:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. provided, however, the House may remain in session to comple…

§ 3. Order of business. a. The first business of each day's session shall be the reading of the Journal of the preceding day, and the correction of any errors that may be found to exist therein, provided, however, that such reading of the Journal may be waived, without debate, up…

§ 4. Motions; previous questions. a. When a question is before the Assembly, only the following motions shall be received, and such motions shall have precedence in the order stated: (1) for an adjournment of the House; (2) a call of the House; (3) for the previous question; (4) …

RULE III BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Section 1. Contents. a. Title. (1) The title of every bill shall briefly state the subject thereof. (2) The title of every bill amending or repealing any provision of a consolidated law shall refer to such law. (3) The title of every bill amending or repealing any unconsolidated …

§ 2. Introduction. a. Every bill introduced in the House shall be in duplicate and accompanied by the introducer's memorandum in quadruplicate. Such bill shall be presented by the introducer to the Index Clerk and delivered by the Index Clerk to the Office of Assembly Revision fo…

§ 3. Multi-sponsorship. a. Any number of members of the Assembly may join in the multi-sponsorship of a bill. When a bill is first introduced and before it is printed, the names of all multi-sponsors shall appear on the printed bill upon the following conditions: (1) Multi-sponso…

§ 4. Final day. a. The final day for the unlimited introduction of bills, including those recommended by the state government, local governments, public authorities and other public corporations and all departments, agencies and other instrumentalities thereof shall be the last T…

§ 5. Resolutions. a. Original resolutions, concurrent or otherwise other than privileged resolutions may be introduced by a member under the proper order of business on or before the last Tuesday in May of the second year of the term of the Assembly. After the last Tuesday in May…

§ 6. Amendments. a. No amendment to a bill may be offered unless the member proposing the amendment delivers three copies of the bill with the proposed amendment correctly marked thereon and six copies of the detailed description of such amendment to the Clerk of the Assembly. b.…

§ 7. Reading of bills. a. Every bill shall receive three separate readings, and on three different days, previous to its passage, except when ordered to a third reading pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision f of section two of this Rule, by unanimous consent or when made a spe…

§ 8. Revision and engrossing. a. The Office of Assembly Revision shall examine and correct all bills, for the purpose of avoiding repetitions, insuring accuracy in the text and references, and consistency with the language of the existing statutes. Any recommendation of the Offic…

§ 9. Transmittal of bills to the Governor. All Assembly bills passed by the Assembly and sent to the Senate for action shall, upon passage and return by the Senate to the Assembly, be transmitted by the Index Clerk to the Governor within ten legislative days after receipt from th…

RULE IV COMMITTEES

Section 1. Standing Committees. a. The standing committees shall be as follows: Name of Committee Number of Members Aging ............................................ 30 Agriculture ...................................... 23 Alcoholism and Drug Abuse ........................ 14 Ba…

§ 10. Committee on Rules. a. At any time during the session, a bill or resolution may be introduced by the Committee on Rules and shall be referred to a committee; provided however that all bills shall be referred to a standing committee other than the Committee on Rules, for con…

§ 11. Assembly Graduate Scholar and Internship Committee. There shall be an Assembly Graduate Scholar and Internship Committee to consist of the Speaker Pro Tempore, Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader, Assistant Speaker, Minority Leader, Chairperson of the Higher Education C…

§ 12. Assembly Committee on Conference Committees. There shall be an Assembly Committee on Conference Committees to consist of five members; provided, however that there shall be at least one minority member on such committee. Members of such committee shall be selected from amon…

§ 13. Ethics training. The Standing Committee on Ethics and Guidance shall develop and regularly update a course of instruction for all members and employees of the Assembly with regard to the laws and policies governing their conduct. The committee shall recommend to the Speaker…

§ 2. Meetings of standing committees. a. Meetings of standing committees. Standing committees shall hold meetings at a regular weekly time and day as scheduled by the committee chairperson in consultation with the committee coordinators, as designated by the Speaker, and such set…

§ 3. Sub-committees. A sub-committee of a standing committee created pursuant to paragraph four of subdivision c of section one of Rule I shall be comprised of at least three members of the standing committee; provided, however that there shall be at least one minority member on …

§ 4. Hearings. a. During each legislative session, chairpersons of standing committees may call public hearings to permit interested persons, groups or organizations the opportunity to testify orally or in writing on legislation or other matters pending before such standing commi…

§ 5. Consideration of bills; requests by sponsor. a. Each standing committee may consider any bill referred to it at any time if otherwise in conformity with these Rules. (1) In considering any bill, a standing committee may vote favorably, unfavorably or to hold the bill for fur…

§ 6. Reports. a. A standing committee may report any bill, either with or without amendments, or it may report adversely to the same or it may report that a bill has been held for further action and/or study. Upon a favorable report of the committee on an Assembly Bill amended by…

§ 7. Discharge. a. No standing committee shall be discharged from the consideration of a bill or resolution until after the printed bill or resolution has been assigned by the Index Clerk to the committee and only in accordance with the provisions of this section. b. A standing c…