{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-3-6","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Assembly Rules Rule 3, § 6","heading":"Amendments","body":"§ 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 Assembly.\n  b.  A copy of each amendment offered by the sponsor of a bill shall be\nprovided  by  Journal Operations to the chairperson and ranking minority\nmember of any standing committee that previously reported such bill.\n  c. Prior to the commencement of debate on a bill to which an amendment\nis  offered  by  a  member  other  than the introducer, the Clerk of the\nAssembly shall make copies thereof and cause one copy to  be  placed  on\nthe  desk  of  each  member  of  the  House. When there is more than one\namendment to a bill and one of such amendments is adopted,  any  of  the\nother  amendments  so  offered  shall,  if  so  requested  by the member\noffering  same,  be  debated  and  voted  upon  immediately  after  such\nadoption,  provided,  however, that such other amendments are offered to\nthose provisions of the bill not changed by the  adopted  amendment  and\nare consistent with the provisions of the adopted amendment.\n  d.  If  a  motion  to  amend prevails, the Clerk of the Assembly shall\ndistribute copies of  the  bill  with  the  amendment  correctly  marked\nthereon  together  with  copies  of  the  detailed  description  of  the\namendment  to  the  appropriate  Assembly  offices   for   purposes   of\nrenumbering and printing the bill as amended.\n  e.  No  amendment shall be allowed to any bill which is not germane to\nthe original object or purpose thereof.","path":["Assembly Rules","Rule 3. Bills and Resolutions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CMA/R3S6","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"11b5046ff6aeb58b53ce951bcb6130f99882d5048cc3ec213bf78c16d426bfd3","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-3-5","next":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-3-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}