New York Rules|SECTION 5

                                                

§ 5. Reports. a. No committee shall vote to report  a  bill  or  other
matter  unless  a  majority  of all the members thereof vote in favor of
such report. Each report of a committee upon a bill shall have the  vote
of  each  Senator  attached  thereto  and  such report and vote shall be
available for public inspection. A member's vote on  any  matter  before
the committee shall be entered by the member on a signed official voting
sheet delivered to the Committee Chair.

Any  standing  committee  having secondary subject matter jurisdiction
over a bill may request  the  chair  of  the  committee  having  primary
subject  matter  jurisdiction  over said bill (which is the committee to
which the said bill has been referred by the Majority Coalition  Leaders
pursuant to Rule VII) to commit the bill to the committee with secondary
subject matter jurisdiction either when the bill is still in the primary
committee or after it has been reported to the calendar. If the chair of
the  primary  committee  refuses said request, then the committee having
secondary jurisdiction, through its  chair,  may  request  the  Majority
Coalition Leaders to consider such secondary referencing. If a secondary
reference  is  so  made, the secondary committee shall consider the bill
forthwith and return said bill to the primary committee or the calendar,
as  the  case   may   be,   along   with   the   secondary   committee's
recommendations.

All  committee reports, after the second Friday in June, shall be made
directly to the Committee on Rules.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of
Rule  VII,  the Committee on Rules shall have the authority to introduce
and refer bills to itself and shall also have the authority to refer  to
itself any bill from any standing committee.

Every  report of a committee upon a bill which shall not be considered
at the time of making the same, or laid on the table by a  vote  of  the
Senate,  shall stand upon the calendar in the order of first report with
the bill and be entered upon the journal.

b. Each bill reported by a standing committee shall be accompanied  by
a  report,  and  the  Democratic  Conference  shall  file  a  Democratic
Conference committee report within seven days of the bill being reported
out of committee and said reports shall be filed with the journal clerk.
The report of a committee upon any matter  referred  to  it  shall  upon
request  include  a  brief  statement  of  the  opinion of any member or
members of the committee voting in either the majority or minority.

c. Where a "home rule" request is required as provided in any  section
of  Article IX of the Constitution, such request, certificate or message
must be filed with the Journal Clerk of the Senate before final  passage
of such bill.

d.  Where  a  message of necessity is received from the Governor, such
message shall be filed with the Journal Clerk of the Senate  upon  final
passage of the bill.