ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION amending section 2 of Rule IV of the Assembly rules,
in relation to meetings of standing committees

RESOLVED, That section 2 of Rule IV of the Assembly rules is amended to
read as follows:

º 2. Meetings of standing committees. a. Meetings of standing commit-
tees. Standing committees shall hold meetings at a regular weekly time
and day as scheduled by the committee chairperson in consultation with
the committee coordinators, as designated by the Speaker, and such set
time shall be posted on the Assembly committee board and Assembly Inter-
net site. The weekly committee schedule shall be available the preceding
Thursday, as provided for in subdivision b of this section. If on the
first Tuesday of any month of the regular legislative session, excluding
January, a standing committee shall have 50 or more bills pending
committee action, such committee shall be required to meet at least once
during such month to consider legislation.
b. Each chairperson of a standing committee shall, by the Thursday of
the week preceding, furnish to the Speaker, the Majority and Minority
Leaders, and make available to each member of such committee, a copy of
the agenda of all meetings scheduled for the following week, together
with a copy of the introducer's memorandum for each bill listed on such
agenda. Further, each chairperson shall furnish to the Speaker, the
Majority and Minority Leaders and to the ranking minority member of such
committee, a list of all bills referred to such committee to date
together with the above agenda and memoranda. In addition, copies of
such agenda shall be made available not later than such Thursday to
representatives of the news media and to the general public by the
filing thereof with the Legislative Library and the Assembly Public
Information Office. The notice provisions of this subdivision and of
subdivision c shall not apply to the Committee on Rules. Nothing
contained in this subdivision shall be deemed to waive any of the
provisions of article seven of the Public Officers Law known as the
"Open Meetings Law".
c. The chairperson of a standing committee may call a special meeting
or add or delete items on the agenda of a regular meeting by giving
twenty-four hour notice of the agenda of such special meeting or such
additions or deletions in the same manner and to the same extent as
notice of agenda for regular meetings, provided, however, that such
notice shall not be required if a message of necessity has been received
from the governor in connection with the bill under consideration or the
ranking minority member of the committee consents thereto.
d. All standing committee meetings shall be open to representatives of
the news media and general public, except that the committee, upon a
two-thirds vote of the members of the committee present or upon a major-
ity vote of the total membership of the committee, whichever is the
greater, may hold an executive session at which only members of such
committee shall be in attendance. The subjects to be acted upon at the
executive session shall be limited to the subjects enumerated in section
one hundred five of the Public Officers Law. No bill shall be voted upon
at such executive session. No committee shall vote to report any bill
unless a majority of all the members thereof is actually present. The
affirmative vote of a majority of all the members appointed to a stand-
ing committee shall be necessary to every report. The negative vote of
such a majority shall be necessary to defeat a bill in committee. No
proxy vote shall be valid.

e. At the conclusion of a committee meeting the committee clerk of
such committee shall deliver to the Office of Journal Operations a roll
call on each of the bills considered by the committee and on each vote
to hold an executive session indicating the attendance of the members
and the ayes and nays. Such roll call shall be reproduced not later than
24 hours after transmittal to such Office and shall be made available
for inspection by the general public and representatives of the news
media in the Assembly Public Information Office AND IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT
THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE RETRIEVAL SERVICE.
f. The report of a committee upon any matter referred to it other than
a bill, may include a brief statement of the opinion of any member or
members of the committee voting in either the majority or minority.
G. ALL STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS SHALL BE RECORDED AND WHEN PRACTI-
CABLE, BROADCAST LIVE AND/OR RECORDED EITHER THROUGH VIDEO AND/OR
WEBCAST.