N.Y. Assembly Rules Rule 4, § 5: Consideration of bills; requests by sponsor

§ 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

further action and/or study, provided, however, that a motion to hold

which fails shall not be deemed to satisfy a request for consideration.

Insofar as may be practicable, each standing committee shall vote upon

such bills in the order in which such requests are filed, provided,

however, that a chairperson may schedule the consideration of bills

jointly if such bills deal with similar subject matter. Committees

having original jurisdiction over bills upon which a request for

consideration has been filed shall schedule all such bills for committee

consideration by the third Tuesday in May of the second year of the term

of the Assembly.

(2) No bill shall be considered by a standing committee unless the

final printed copy of the bill has been available to each member of the

committee for at least seven days and copies thereof have been available

to the general public and representatives of the news media for at least

such period of time. A bill reported by a standing committee with

amendments shall not be deemed to be a new bill for the purposes of the

provisions of this subdivision requiring bills to be available for at

least seven days prior to consideration by a standing committee.

Provided, however, that upon consent of a majority of the members of

such committee, any bill which is not in compliance with the foregoing

provisions of this paragraph, may be transmitted to the Committee on

Rules for further action in accordance with the provisions of

subparagraph (b) of paragraph one of subdivision b of section ten of

this Rule.

b. The sponsor of a bill referred to a standing committee may require

the committee to formally vote upon such bill by filing a request

therefor on an appropriate form to be furnished by the Office of Journal

Operations. With respect to such request for consideration:

(1) The clerk of each standing committee, upon receiving such a

request must immediately issue a receipt therefor acknowledging the date

and time of filing;

(2) Requests for consideration may be submitted on bills that are

printed, as follows:

(a) no later than the second Tuesday in April of the second year of

the term of the Assembly, except that after the second Tuesday in April

of such second year through the first Tuesday in May each member may

submit a total of five additional requests for consideration with a

committee of original jurisdiction, and a copy of such additional

request shall be filed by the Committee Clerk with the Committee on

Standing Committees; and

(b) in the case of a bill that is referred to a subsequent standing

committee, such request shall be submitted within thirty days after such

referral;

(3) Except with respect to bills referred to a standing committee

pursuant to the provisions of paragraph two of subdivision f of section

two of Rule III, requests for consideration of any bill introduced by or

at the request of a member may be made only once in any two-year term of

the Assembly;

(4) Once a committee has acted pursuant to such request, such

committee shall not be required, during such two-year term, to again

consider such bill or to consider any substantially duplicative bill

introduced by, or at the request of such member subsequent to the

consideration of such bill by the committee; and

(5) With respect to a bill sponsored by the Committee on Rules at the

request of a member, either the Committee or the member at whose request

the bill has been introduced may file a request for consideration.