{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-9-4","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Senate Rules Rule 9, § 4","heading":"Amendments","body":"§ 4. Amendments. a. A non-sponsor may move to amend a bill at any time\nprior  to the completion of its third reading provided that at least two\nhours before the time for the Senate to convene, a copy of the  proposed\namendment  or amendments to any bill on the list of bills compiled under\nsubdivision a of section six of this  Rule  has  been  served  upon  the\nsponsor of the bill, and filed with the Journal Clerk. If a sponsor does\nnot  accept  such  amendment,  the  question  shall  be put to the house\nwhether a majority of members elected vote in favor of  the  non-sponsor\nmotion  to  amend,  and  such  motion  shall  pass only if a majority of\nmembers elected vote aye. If the sponsor  accepts  the  amendment,  such\namended  bill  shall  be  ordered  printed  without  a  vote,  debate or\nexplanation, and such bill shall retain its place on the  Third  Reading\nCalendar.\n  b.  If  a majority of members elected vote in favor of the non-sponsor\nmotion to amend, the sponsor of the bill may make a motion  to  withdraw\ntheir  name  from  sponsorship  to be substituted by a co-sponsor or the\nSenator who moved to amend the bill.\n  c. The introducer of any calendar  bill  may  offer  an  amendment  or\namendments  to  such  bill  and  such  amendment  or amendments shall be\naccepted and  the  bill  ordered  printed  without  a  vote,  debate  or\nexplanation,  provided,  however,  that  in  such  case such bill may be\nrecommitted by the chair of the standing committee  that  reported  such\nbill  and  such  recommittal  shall  also  be  without a vote, debate or\nexplanation.","path":["Senate Rules","Rule 9. Passage of Bills"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CMS/R9S4","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"6f62a3148d516a4d6141852e901f826db1cf019c0375df4fc6252b3416cedfe4","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-9-3","next":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-9-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}