{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-3-1","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Assembly Rules Rule 3, § 1","heading":"Contents","body":"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  unconsolidated\nlaw  shall  refer  to such law by its short title, if it have one; if it\nhave no short title, the title of such  bill  shall  state  the  chapter\nnumber, year of enactment and the complete title of the original bill or\na short summary of the provisions to which the law relates.\n  (4)  If such bill is amending or repealing a proposed provision of law\ncontained in a bill that has not been enacted into law, the title  shall\nstate the number of the bill containing the proposed provision of law to\nbe amended or repealed, with suffix, if there be one, and the subject of\nthe provisions to which the amendatory bill relates.\n  b. Bill sections.\n  (1)  In any bill, each section proposing an amendment to or the repeal\nof: (i) any consolidated law, or any part thereof; or  (ii)  the  Family\nCourt  Act, the Court of Claims Act, the Uniform District Court Act, the\nUniform Justice Court Act, the Uniform City Court Act, the New York City\nCharter, the Administrative Code of the City of New York, the  New  York\nCity  Civil  Court  Act,  the  New  York City Criminal Court Act, or the\nCharter of the City of Buffalo, or any part thereof shall refer to  such\nlaw, act, charter or code.\n  (2)  In any bill, each section proposing an amendment to or the repeal\nof an unconsolidated law having a short  title,  or  any  part  thereof,\nshall  refer to such law by its chapter number and year of enactment and\nits short title.  If an unconsolidated law shall have  no  short  title,\neach  section  shall  state  the chapter number and year of enactment of\nsuch law and a short summary of the provisions to which the law  relates\nor the complete title of the original bill.\n  (3)  If  such  section  amends  or repeals a proposed provision of law\ncontained in a bill that has not been enacted  into  law,  each  section\nshall  state  the number of the bill containing such proposed provisions\nof law to be amended or repealed, with suffix, if there be one.\n  (4) If the portion of the law proposed to be amended has  been  added,\nrenumbered  or  amended  since  the  original  enactment or last general\nrevision of the law of which it is a part, such section shall also state\nthe chapter number and year of  the  last  act  adding,  renumbering  or\namending the same, as the case may be.\n  c. Body.\n  (1) Every bill amending, adding to or repealing existing law, upon its\nintroduction, and if reprinted, must, in the body of the bill have:\n  (a)  All  new  matter  to  be  added  to  or  inserted in existing law\nunderscored;\n  (b) All matter to be eliminated by amendment from existing law printed\nin its proper place in the bill enclosed in black-faced brackets;\n  (c) The word \"repealed,\" when any existing  law  or  part  thereof  is\nproposed to be repealed, printed in boldface type; and\n  (d) Whenever it is proposed to amend only a part of a word in existing\nlaw,  the  whole  of  such  word  shall  be  printed in its proper place\nenclosed in black-faced brackets and the whole word as proposed shall be\nunderscored.\n  (2) Whenever a bill is amended by  eliminating  proposed  new  matter,\nsuch new matter shall be omitted in the reprint of the bill.\n  d. Explanatory note.\n  There  shall  be  appended  at the end of every bill introduced in the\nAssembly, which proposes the repeal or extension of any existing law, or\npart thereof, merely by reference thereto,  without  setting  forth  the\ntext  thereof,  an  explanatory  note  which shall briefly and concisely\nstate the subject matter of the law, or part  thereof,  proposed  to  be\nrepealed  or extended, unless such subject matter is stated in the title\nof such bill.\n  e. Nonconforming bills.\n  Whenever it shall be called to the attention of the Speaker  that  any\nbill  introduced  is  not  drawn  or  printed  in  accordance  with  the\nprovisions of this Rule, the Speaker may,  in  his  or  her  discretion,\ndirect  the Index Clerk to cause such bill to be immediately amended and\nreprinted so as to comply therewith, and when reprinted said bill  shall\nbe restored to the place it held when such direction was given.\n  f. Introducer's memorandum.\n  There  shall  be appended to every bill introduced in the Assembly, an\nintroducer's memorandum setting forth the purpose of the bill, a summary\nof its provisions, a statement of its fiscal  impact  on  the  state,  a\nstatement  of its impact on the regulation of businesses and individuals\nand a statement as to whether the bill imposes or changes any fine, term\nof imprisonment, forfeiture of rights or other penal sanction,  together\nwith  the  nature of such imposition or change in a format and length to\nbe prescribed by the Speaker. Whenever a bill is amended by its sponsor,\nit shall be the duty of  the  sponsor  to  file  an  amended  memorandum\nsetting  forth the same material as required in the original memorandum.\nIn addition, whenever a bill is reported by a committee as  amended,  it\nshall be the duty of the committee to submit an amended memorandum.","path":["Assembly Rules","Rule 3. Bills and Resolutions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CMA/R3S1","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"1e70b62face611a94bbc237a4e3371af57b6630d016557e69109ef7c5d8c4ba2","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-2-4","next":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-3-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}