Title CMA, Assembly Rules

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

§ 2. Sufficiency and Contents of Fiscal Impact Notes. Fiscal impact\nnotes shall be deemed sufficient for purposes of this Joint Rule if\nprepared in conformity with this section.\n A. Scope of fiscal estimates. Fiscal impact upon political\nsubdivisions shall be estimated on the…

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

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

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

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

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

Section 1. Budget Consideration Schedule. In accordance with section\n54-a of the Legislative Law, within ten days of the submission of the\nbudget by the Governor pursuant to article VII of the Constitution, the\nTemporary President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly …

§ 2. Joint Budget Conference Committee. In accordance with section\n54-a of the Legislative Law, within ten days of the submission of the\nbudget by the Governor pursuant to article VII of the Constitution, the\nTemporary President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly sh…

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

§ 2. Duties of the Joint Advisory Board. The joint advisory board\nshall engage in such activities as it deems necessary for the\npreparation and formulation of a report to review the efficacy of\ncurrent programming and explore future expansion of such to include\nadditional leg…

RULE I\n SPEAKER\n

RULE X\n TELEVISING ASSEMBLY SESSION\n

Section 1. Televised Proceedings; Broadcast. Any televised\nproceedings of sessions of the New York State Assembly shall be made\navailable for statewide television broadcast, pursuant to the following:\n a. All televised proceedings of the Assembly session shall be\nunedited, ex…

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

Section 1. Powers and Duties. The Speaker shall: a. take the chair\neach day at the hour to which the House adjourned;\n b. call the House to order, lead the Members of the Assembly in the\nPledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and,\nexcept in the abse…

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

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

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

§ 5. Sexual harassment policy. The Speaker shall promulgate a policy\nprohibiting sexual harassment, which shall, at a minimum, be applicable\nto members of the Assembly and Assembly staff, define the conduct which\nis prohibited, establish a process for the resolution of complai…

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

§ 7. Non-fraternization policy. The Speaker shall promulgate a policy\nprohibiting fraternization with student interns, which shall at a\nminimum, be applicable to members of the Assembly and Assembly staff,\ndefine the conduct which is prohibited, and establish a procedure for\n…

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

RULE II\n ORDER OF BUSINESS AND MOTIONS\n

Section 1. Stenographer. It shall be the duty of the Stenographer of\nthe Assembly to be present at every session of the House. A daily\nstenographic record of the proceedings of the House shall be made and\ncopies thereof shall be available to the public, at a place designated\n…

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

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

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

RULE III\n BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS\n

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

§ 2. Introduction.\n a. Every bill introduced in the House shall be in duplicate and\naccompanied by the introducer's memorandum in quadruplicate. Such bill\nshall be presented by the introducer to the Index Clerk and delivered by\nthe Index Clerk to the Office of Assembly Revisi…

§ 3. Multi-sponsorship. a. Any number of members of the Assembly may\njoin in the multi-sponsorship of a bill. When a bill is first\nintroduced and before it is printed, the names of all multi-sponsors\nshall appear on the printed bill upon the following conditions:\n (1) Multi-s…

§ 4. Final day. a. The final day for the unlimited introduction of\nbills, including those recommended by the state government, local\ngovernments, public authorities and other public corporations and all\ndepartments, agencies and other instrumentalities thereof shall be the\nla…

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

§ 6. Amendments.\n a. No amendment to a bill may be offered unless the member proposing\nthe amendment delivers three copies of the bill with the proposed\namendment correctly marked thereon and six copies of the detailed\ndescription of such amendment to the Clerk of the Assembl…

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

§ 8. Revision and engrossing.\n a. The Office of Assembly Revision shall examine and correct all\nbills, for the purpose of avoiding repetitions, insuring accuracy in the\ntext and references, and consistency with the language of the existing\nstatutes. Any recommendation of the …

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

RULE IV\n COMMITTEES\n

Section 1. Standing Committees. a. The standing committees shall be as\nfollows:\nName of Committee Number of Members\nAging ............................................ 30\nAgriculture ...................................... 23\nAlcoholism and Drug Abuse ........................ …

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

§ 11. Assembly Graduate Scholar and Internship Committee. There shall\nbe an Assembly Graduate Scholar and Internship Committee to consist of\nthe Speaker Pro Tempore, Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader,\nAssistant Speaker, Minority Leader, Chairperson of the Higher Educatio…

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 6. Reports. a. A standing committee may report any bill, either with\nor without amendments, or it may report adversely to the same or it may\nreport that a bill has been held for further action and/or study. Upon a\nfavorable report of the committee on an Assembly Bill amended…

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