•  Summary 
  •  
  •  Actions 
  •  
  •  Committee Votes 
  •  
  •  Floor Votes 
  •  
  •  Memo 
  •  
  •  Text 
  •  
  •  LFIN 
  •  
  •  Chamber Video/Transcript 

E00848 Summary:

BILL NOE00848
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORBarclay
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSRAngelino, Ashby, Blankenbush, Brabenec, Brown E, Brown K, Byrne, Byrnes, DeStefano, DiPietro, Durso, Fitzpatrick, Friend, Gallahan, Gandolfo, Giglio JA, Giglio JM, Goodell, Hawley, Jensen, Lalor, Lawler, Lemondes, Manktelow, McDonough, Mikulin, Miller B, Montesano, Morinello, Norris, Palmesano, Ra, Reilly, Salka, Schmitt, Simpson, Smith, Smullen, Tague, Tannousis, Walczyk, Walsh
 
 
Go to top

E00848 Text:

 
Assembly Resolution No. 848
 
BY: M. of A. Barclay
 
            amending section 2 of Rule III of the Assembly
        Rules, in relation to the timely  bill  introduction
        after  conclusion  of session; amending section 5 of
        Rule III of the Assembly Rules, in relation  to  the
        introduction  of resolutions; and amending section 7
        of Rule III of the Assembly Rules,  in  relation  to
        the reading of bills
 
  RESOLVED,  That  subdivision  f  of  section  2  of  Rule III of the
Assembly Rules is amended by  adding  a  new  paragraph  3  to  read  as
follows:
 
  (3)  Any Assembly bill introduced in the first year of the term of the
Assembly after the last day of the  scheduled  end  of  the  legislative
session as established by the annual legislative session calendar, shall
be  assigned a number within five business days after being presented by
the introducer to the Index Clerk.
 
  RESOLVED, That section 5 of  Rule  III  of  the  Assembly  Rules  is
amended to read as follows:
 
  § 5. Resolutions.
 
  a. Original resolutions, concurrent or otherwise other than privileged
resolutions  may  be  introduced  by  a member under the proper order of
business on or before the Monday of  the  week  four  weeks  before  the
scheduled  end  of  the legislative session as established by the annual
legislative calendar in the second year of the  term  of  the  Assembly.
After  such  date  in  the  second  year  no  such  resolution  shall be
introduced except by the Committee on  Rules  or  by  message  from  the
Senate  or,  with  the  consent  of the Speaker, by members elected at a
special election who take office on or after the last  Tuesday  in  May.
Such  resolutions  shall  be  in  quadruplicate and bear the name of the
introducer  and  shall  be  referred  to  a   standing   committee   for
consideration  and  report.  No such resolution may be introduced unless
copies thereof first shall have  been  furnished  to  the  Speaker,  the
Majority  Leader and the Minority Leader. Before the House may vote on a
resolution, copies of such resolution shall be placed on  each  member's
desk  three days prior to such vote in written or electronic format. The
Speaker and the Minority Leader may waive the three day requirement.
 
  b. The following resolutions and motions  relating  thereto  shall  be
considered  privileged and their presentation and consideration shall be
in order under any order of business:
    (1) resolutions recalling a bill from the Senate;
    (2) resolutions returning a bill to the Senate;
    (3) resolutions relating to the disposition of  matters  immediately
before the House;
    (4)  resolutions  relating  to  the  business  of  the day including
adjournment or recess;
    (5) resolutions relating to the impeachment  of  State  or  judicial
officers;
 
    (6)  resolutions  relating  to  printing bills, documents or chapter
slips;
    (7)  resolutions  relating  to  the  reports  of  joint  legislative
committees; and
    (8) resolutions  in  memoriam  or  honorific  in  nature,  provided,
however,  that such resolutions shall be placed on each member's desk in
either written or electronic format prior to their consideration.
 
  c. Messages from the  Senate  communicating  a  concurrent  resolution
shall,  if  objection is made to immediate consideration, be referred to
the appropriate committee with power to report at any time.
 
  d. Concurrent resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution  of
the  State  and  concurrent resolutions ratifying proposed amendments to
the Constitution  of  the  United  States  shall,  for  all  legislative
purposes, be deemed to be and treated as bills.
 
  e.  All  resolutions  calling  for  or leading to expenditures, except
resolutions for printing extra copies of bills,  documents  and  chapter
slips,  shall  be  referred  to  the Committee on Ways and Means and all
other  resolutions  shall  be  referred  to  the  appropriate   standing
committee or to an assembly calendar, as the Speaker may designate.
 
  f.  All resolutions shall be adopted by a majority vote of the members
present and voting, provided, however, concurrent resolutions  proposing
amendments  to  the Constitution of the State or ratifying amendments to
the Constitution of the United States and  resolutions  calling  for  or
leading  to  the  expenditure  of  money shall be adopted by a vote of a
majority of all the members elected to the Assembly.
 
  RESOLVED, That section 7 of  Rule  III  of  the  Assembly  Rules  is
amended to read as follows:
 
  §  7.  Reading  of  bills.  a. Every bill shall receive three separate
readings, and on three different days, previous to its  passage,  except
when ordered to a third reading pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision
f  of  section  two  of  this  Rule, by unanimous consent or when made a
special order, or when accompanied by a message of necessity pursuant to
section [14] fourteen of Article III of the Constitution.  No message of
necessity shall be accepted from the Governor unless at least two-thirds
of the members of the House have approved the message.
 
  b. Bills placed on the order of second reading,  as  provided  for  in
subdivision  g  of  section  six  of Rule IV, shall be subject to debate
before the motion to order them  to  a  third  reading  is  entertained.
One-half  hour  shall  be  allowed  for such debate, but no person shall
speak more than fifteen minutes, except by consent  of  the  House.  The
main  question,  however, if ordered, shall be on the advancement of the
bill; but when amendments are pending the question shall first be  taken
upon such amendments in their inverse order.
 
  c.  All bills on the order of second reading shall be ordered to third
reading  unless  otherwise  ordered  pursuant  to  subdivision b of this
section or pursuant to paragraph one of subdivision b of section ten  of
Rule IV.
 
  d.  A
 
  bill  shall be considered automatically advanced to third reading once
it has been on the printed Calendar on the order of second  reading  for
at  least one legislative day on that order, except where made a special
order by report of the Committee on Rules,  in  which  case  it  may  be
considered on second and third reading on the same day.
 
  e.  In all cases where unanimous consent is asked for advancing a bill
or entertaining a motion or resolution out of its order, it shall be the
duty of the Speaker to proclaim  such  request  and  determine  if  such
consent will be granted.
 
  f.  A  bill  appearing  on  the Calendar may be "starred" by or at the
request of the introducer, whereupon all further  action  on  such  bill
shall be suspended, although it retains its place on the Calendar. Other
than  for  the  purpose  of  amendment or recommittal, a star may not be
removed from a bill until one day after the request therefor.  A bill on
any order of third reading which has  been  laid  aside  by  or  at  the
request  of the introducer on three separate days shall be automatically
starred.
 
  g. Substitution of Bills. Where there is a Senate bill in  a  standing
committee  and  the identical Assembly bill is on the order of second or
any order of third reading, the Senate bill may be substituted  for  the
Assembly  bill  upon  a motion by, or on behalf of, the introducer and a
vote of a majority of the members present and voting.    The  motion  to
substitute may also be made on an identical Assembly bill which has been
passed, recalled, vote reconsidered and restored to third reading.
Go to top