{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-3-2","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Assembly Rules Rule 3, § 2","heading":"Introduction","body":"§ 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 Revision for the purposes set\nforth in subdivision a of section eight of this Rule.  Thereafter,  such\nbill shall be referred to a standing committee, other than the Committee\non  Rules,  by the Speaker, assigned a number, printed and placed on the\ndesks of the  members.  The  Index  Clerk  shall,  on  the  day  of  its\nintroduction,  cause  such bill to be transmitted to the printer. A copy\nof each bill shall be available for public inspection in the  Office  of\nAssembly  Revision.  The  Office  of  Assembly Revision shall maintain a\nphotocopy machine for use by the public to copy any such bill at  a  per\npage  price to be established by the Speaker pursuant to the \"Freedom of\nInformation Law\".\n  b.  On or after November fifteenth of a calendar year,  a  member  and\nmember-elect may submit a bill, in accordance with subdivision a of this\nsection,   for   introduction  at  the  commencement  of  the  following\nlegislative session. Such prefiled bill shall be assigned a  number  and\nreferred  to  a  committee, but shall not be deemed introduced until the\ncommencement of such legislative session.\n  c.   Each time a bill is  amended  and  reprinted,  a  letter  of  the\nalphabet, starting with \"A\", shall be added to its number.\n  d.    All  bills,  whether  introduced in the House or communicated by\nmessage from the Senate, or by the Governor pursuant to Article  VII  of\nthe Constitution, shall be deemed to have had their first reading unless\notherwise  ordered  by  the  House  and  shall be referred to a standing\ncommittee, to consider and report thereon.  At any time the Speaker may,\nwith the consent of the House, change the reference of any  bill.  Every\nmessage  from  the Senate communicating an amendment to an Assembly bill\nshall, except with unanimous consent for immediate passage, be  referred\nto  the  committee  which  reported the bill with power to report at any\ntime.\n  e. No bill shall be introduced in the  House  except  in  one  of  the\nfollowing modes:\n  (1) by a member;\n  (2) by a report of a standing committee;\n  (3) by order of the House;\n  (4) by message from the Senate; and\n  (5) by the Governor under Article VII of the Constitution.\n  f. (1) Any Assembly bill introduced in the regular legislative session\nof  the  first  year  of  the term of the Assembly shall be deemed to be\nreintroduced for the second year of such term, provided such bill was:\n  (a) not reported from a standing committee;\n  (b) reported and referred;\n  (c) recommitted to a standing committee; or\n  (d) referred back to a standing committee by the  Committee  on  Rules\nimmediately prior to adjournment sine die.\n  (2)  Any  Assembly  bill  which  in  the first year of the term of the\nAssembly was passed by the Assembly and did  not  become  law,  was  not\nvetoed,  or was substituted by a Senate bill which did not become law or\nwhich was not vetoed, shall be deemed to be reintroduced for the  second\nyear  of  such  term and shall be ordered to the order of third reading,\nexcept that:\n  (a) any such bill which in  such  first  year  required  a  home  rule\nmessage  for  passage  shall  be referred to the committee to which such\nbill was originally referred;\n  (b) upon request of the introducer or the chairperson of the committee\nto which such bill was originally referred, such bill shall be committed\nto the committee to which it was originally referred provided,  however,\nsuch  request  may not be made later than the second Wednesday following\nthe commencement of the second year of the term of the Assembly;\n  (c) any such bill making an  appropriation  of  money  which  was  not\nreferred  to  a  committee pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph,\nshall be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means; and\n  (d) upon the request of the chairperson of the Committee on  Ways  and\nMeans, any bill not referred to a committee pursuant to subparagraph (a)\nor  (b)  of  this  paragraph,  which in such first year was reported and\nreferred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to section  six  of\nRule  IV shall be committed to the Committee on Ways and Means provided,\nhowever, such request may not be made later than  the  second  Wednesday\nfollowing  the  commencement  of  the  second  year  of  the term of the\nAssembly.\n  g. When a bill is submitted or proposed by the Governor  by  authority\nof Article VII of the Constitution, it shall become, for all legislative\npurposes,  a  legislative bill, and upon receipt thereof by the Assembly\nit shall be endorsed \"Budget Bill\" and be given a number  by  the  Index\nClerk,  and  shall be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and be\nprinted.  Bills submitted by the Governor, other  than  those  submitted\npursuant to Article VII of the Constitution, shall carry the designation\n\"Introduced at the request of the Governor\".\n  h.  Whenever a member requests the preparation of legislation from the\nLegislative Bill Drafting  Commission,  the  bill  drafter  assigned  to\nprepare  such  legislation shall determine if a similar bill has already\nbeen introduced, and,  if  a  similar  bill  has  been  introduced,  the\nLegislative  Bill  Drafting  Commission,  on  forms  prescribed  by  the\nCommission, shall notify the member of such fact  and  inform  him  that\nsubdivision b of section three of this Rule permits a member to become a\nmulti-sponsor  of  a  bill  already printed by filing a request therefor\nwith the Index Clerk. Notwithstanding that a similar bill has previously\nbeen introduced, a member shall have the right to have  the  legislation\nrequested prepared by the Commission for introduction.","path":["Assembly Rules","Rule 3. 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