{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-3-5","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Assembly Rules Rule 3, § 5","heading":"Resolutions","body":"§ 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 in May of such second year\nno  such resolution shall be introduced except by the Committee on Rules\nor by message from the Senate or, with the consent of  the  Speaker,  by\nmembers  elected  at  a special election who take office on or after the\nlast  Tuesday  in  May.   Such resolutions shall be in quadruplicate and\nbear the name of the introducer and shall  be  referred  to  a  standing\ncommittee  for  consideration  and  report.  No  such  resolution may be\nintroduced unless copies thereof first shall have been furnished to  the\nSpeaker,  the  Majority Leader and the Minority Leader. Before the House\nmay vote on a resolution, copies of such resolution shall be  placed  on\neach member's desk prior to such vote.\n  b.  The  following  resolutions  and motions relating thereto shall be\nconsidered privileged and their presentation and consideration shall  be\nin order under any order of business:\n    (1) resolutions recalling a bill from the Senate;\n    (2) resolutions returning a bill to the Senate;\n    (3)  resolutions  relating to the disposition of matters immediately\nbefore the House;\n    (4) resolutions relating  to  the  business  of  the  day  including\nadjournment or recess;\n    (5)  resolutions  relating  to  the impeachment of State or judicial\nofficers;\n    (6) resolutions relating to printing  bills,  documents  or  chapter\nslips;\n    (7)  resolutions  relating  to  the  reports  of  joint  legislative\ncommittees; and\n    (8) resolutions in memorium or honorific in nature.\n  c. Messages from the  Senate  communicating  a  concurrent  resolution\nshall,  if  objection is made to immediate consideration, be referred to\nthe appropriate committee with power to report at any time.\n  d. Concurrent resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution  of\nthe  State  and  concurrent resolutions ratifying proposed amendments to\nthe Constitution  of  the  United  States  shall,  for  all  legislative\npurposes, be deemed to be and treated as bills.\n  e.  All  resolutions  calling  for  or leading to expenditures, except\nresolutions for printing extra copies of bills,  documents  and  chapter\nslips,  shall  be  referred  to  the Committee on Ways and Means and all\nother  resolutions  shall  be  referred  to  the  appropriate   standing\ncommittee or to an assembly calendar, as the Speaker may designate.\n  f.  All resolutions shall be adopted by a majority vote of the members\npresent and voting, provided, however, concurrent resolutions  proposing\namendments  to  the Constitution of the State or ratifying amendments to\nthe Constitution of the United States and  resolutions  calling  for  or\nleading  to  the  expenditure  of  money shall be adopted by a vote of a\nmajority of all the members elected to the Assembly.","path":["Assembly Rules","Rule 3. Bills and Resolutions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CMA/R3S5","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"97fbe40765cb54c4ec55484c0fca9b31f9eca6c188a781747ae57fc5ea92a146","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-3-4","next":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-3-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}