{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-6-7","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Senate Rules Rule 6, § 7","heading":"Executive Session","body":"§  7.  Executive  Session.  The  Senate shall go into consideration of\nexecutive business at such times as may be ordered  by  a  vote  of  the\nmajority  of  the  Senators present. On motion to close the doors of the\nSenate, on the discussion of  business  which  in  the  opinion  of  any\nSenator  may  require  secrecy,  and  during  the  consideration  of all\nbusiness in executive session, the Presiding Officer  shall  direct  all\npersons, except the Senators, the Counsel to the respective conferences,\nSecretary  of  the  Senate,  his or her messenger, the Journal Clerk and\nSergeant at Arms of the Senate to withdraw; and during the discussion of\nsaid motion the doors shall remain shut; and every Senator  and  officer\nof the Senate shall keep secret all such matters, proceedings and things\nwhich shall transpire while the doors remain closed.","path":["Senate Rules","Rule 6. Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CMS/R6S7","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"7e2b58a651bd834f16893a7bb8afee5a94d867ab6812c07c4dd280deb6d6f6b0","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-6-6","next":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-6-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}