ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION amending subdivisions a and b of section 1, subdivi-
sion e of section 2, subdivision a of section 4 and section 7 and adding
a new subdivision g to section 2 of Rule IV of the Assembly rules, in
relation to committees

RESOLVED, That subdivisions a and b of section 1, subdivision e of
section 2, subdivision a of section 4 and section 7 of Rule IV of the
Assembly rules are amended and a new subdivision g is added to section 2
to read as follows:

a. The standing committees shall be as follows:
Name of Committee Number of Members
Aging ............................................ 30
Agriculture ................................. [23] 22
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse ................... [14] 13
Banks ............................................ 31
Children and Families ....................... [17] 16
Cities ........................................... 16
Codes ............................................ 22
Consumer Affairs and Protection .................. 16
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions ... [26] 25
Correction ....................................... 13
Economic Development ........................ [26] 25
Education ........................................ 31
Election Law ..................................... 16
Energy ...................................... [17] 16
Environmental Conservation ....................... 30
Ethics and Guidance ............................... 8
Governmental Employees ...................... [14] 13
Governmental Operations ..................... [14] 13
Health ...................................... [26] 25
Higher Education ............................ [26] 25
Housing .......................................... 28
Insurance ........................................ 25
Judiciary ........................................ 21
Labor ....................................... [29] 28
Libraries and Education Technology ................ 9
Local Governments ........................... [20] 19
Mental Health .................................... 13
Oversight, Analysis and Investigation ............. 7
Racing and Wagering ......................... [11] 10
Real Property Taxation ........................... 10
Rules ............................................ 31
Small Business .............................. [17] 16
Social Services .................................. 18
Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development ...... 21
Transportation .............................. [26] 25
Veterans' Affairs ................................ 19
Ways and Means .............................. [35] 34
b. The number of majority members of each standing committee shall be
in the same ratio as the majority members of the House are to the entire
membership of the House, with all fractional members OF ONE-HALF OR
GREATER being credited to the majority; provided, however that there
shall be at least one minority member on each standing committee; and
further provided that the Standing Committee on Ethics and Guidance
shall consist of an equal number of majority and minority members. A
member who in any calendar year has three or more unexcused absences, as

determined by the chairperson or ranking minority member, as appropri-
ate, from any regularly scheduled meeting of a standing committee at
which bills are scheduled to be considered shall be removed from one or
more of the standing committees to which he or she is assigned. The
standing committee shall notify the member upon each unexcused absence
and shall notify the Committee on Committees upon the second and any
subsequent unexcused absences. The Committee on Committees shall notify
the member of any resulting reduction in his or her committee assign-
ments.
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.
(G) ALL STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS SHALL BE RECORDED AND WHEN PRACTI-
CABLE, BROADCAST LIVE AND/OR RECORDED EITHER THROUGH VIDEO AND/OR
WEBCAST.
a. During each legislative session, chairpersons of standing commit-
tees may call public hearings to permit interested persons, groups or
organizations the opportunity to testify orally or in writing on legis-
lation or other matters pending before such standing committee provided,
however, that each chairperson shall call such public hearings upon a
petition signed by [a majority] ONE-THIRD of the members of the commit-
tee.
º 7. Discharge. a. No standing committee shall be discharged from the
consideration of a bill or resolution until after the printed bill or
resolution has been assigned by the Index Clerk to the committee and
only in accordance with the provisions of this section.
b. A standing committee shall not be discharged from the consideration
of a bill or resolution except WHEN SPONSORED BY AT LEAST SEVENTY-SIX
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE upon motion and by a vote of a majority of all the
members elected to the Assembly. No such motion shall be in order, until
the committee has had sixty days from the date of referral to such
committee to consider such bill nor shall such motion be in order on or
after the first Tuesday in May except with unanimous consent of the
members or in the discretion of the Speaker where proper notice has been
given prior to the first Tuesday in May.
c. (1) On any legislative day, not more than one motion to discharge
shall be in order;
(2) A motion to discharge may only be made by the sponsor of the bill
or resolution who has timely filed a request for consideration pursuant
to section five of this rule.
d. Each motion to discharge, when timely made, shall be placed on the
Motion to Discharge Calendar, which shall be printed within two legisla-
tive days. No motion to discharge may be considered by the House until
such motion has been on such calendar for a period of five calendar
legislative days.
E. A ROLL CALL ON EACH MOTION TO DISCHARGE CONSIDERED BY THE HOUSE
SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE
RETRIEVAL SERVICE WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE VOTE.