{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-4-7","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Assembly Rules Rule 4, § 7","heading":"Discharge","body":"§ 7. Discharge. a. No standing committee shall be discharged from  the\nconsideration  of  a  bill or resolution until after the printed bill or\nresolution has been assigned by the Index Clerk  to  the  committee  and\nonly in accordance with the provisions of this section.\n  b. A standing committee shall not be discharged from the consideration\nof  a  bill or resolution except upon motion and by a vote of a majority\nof all the members elected to the Assembly. No such motion shall  be  in\norder,  until the committee has had sixty days from the date of referral\nto  such  committee  to  consider  such bill nor shall such motion be in\norder on or after the first Tuesday in May except with unanimous consent\nof the members or in the discretion of the Speaker where  proper  notice\nhas been given prior to the first Tuesday in May.\n  c.  (1)  On any legislative day, not more than one motion to discharge\nshall be in order;\n  (2) A motion to discharge may only be made by the sponsor of the  bill\nor  resolution who has timely filed a request for consideration pursuant\nto section five of this rule.\n  d. Each motion to discharge, when timely made, shall be placed on  the\nMotion  to  Discharge  Calendar,  which  shall  be  printed  within  two\nlegislative days. No motion to discharge may be considered by the  House\nuntil  such  motion  has  been  on  such  calendar  for a period of five\ncalendar legislative days.","path":["Assembly Rules","Rule 4. Committees"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CMA/R4S7","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"c17b092a1d4d663611c63e42beba0310a863b79e12e7214b3cbe02f3dd0bbf96","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-4-6","next":"us-ny/n.y.-assembly-rules-rule-4-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}