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86 THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS: AN EVALUATION AND BLUEPRINT FOR REFORM South Carolina Legislative Printing, Information & Technology Systems 1105 Pendleton St., 223 Blatt Bldg. Columbia, SC 29201 803-734-3179 South Dakota Legislative Research Council Capitol Building, 3rd Floor 500 East Capitol Avenue Pierre, SD 57501-5070 605-773-3251 Tennessee Senate Clerk’s Office State Capitol, 2nd Floor Nashville, TN 37243 615-741-2730 House Clerk’s Office State Capitol, 2nd Floor Nashville, TN 37243 615-741-2901 Texas House Clerk's Office P.O. Box 2910 Austin, TX 78768 512-463-0855 Senate Senate Parliamentarian P.O. Box 12068 Austin, TX 78711-2068 512-463-0248 Utah Office of Legislative Research 436 State Capitol Salt Lake City, UT 84114 801-538-1032 Vermont Legislative Council 115 State Street, Drawer 33 Montpelier, VT 05633-5301 802-828-2231 Virginia Senate Senate Clerk's Office P.O. Box 396 Richmond, VA 23218 804-698-7400 House Clerk’s Office House of Delegates P.O. Box 406 Richmond, VA 23218 804-698-1500/1619 Washington Legislative Information Center 120 Legislative Building Olympia, WA 98504-0600 360-786-7573 West Virginia Legislative Reference & Information Center MB-27, Building 1 State Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 304-347-4836 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau P.O. Box 2037 Madison, WI 53701-2037 608-266-3561 Wyoming Legislative Service Office 213 State Capitol Cheyenne, WY 82002 307-777-7881
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Peter M. Fishbein Interim Chair Kaye Scholer Tom Gerety Executive Director Brennan Center for Justice Jeannemarie E. Smith Treasurer CFO, NYU School of Law Steven A. Reiss General Counsel Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP Nancy Brennan Executive Director, Plimoth Plantation David W. Carpenter Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood Zachary W. Carter Dorsey & Whitney LLP Professor John Ferejohn NYU School of Law Stanford University Susan Sachs Goldman Professor Helen Hershkoff NYU School of Law James E. Johnson Morrison & Foerster Professor Thomas M. Jorde Boalt Hall School of Law Jeffrey B. Kindler Pfizer Professor Larry Kramer NYU School of Law Ruth Lazarus Professor Nancy Morawetz NYU School of Law Professor Burt Neuborne NYU School of Law Lawrence B. Pedowitz Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Richard Revesz Dean, NYU School of Law Daniel A. Rezneck Office of the DC Corporation Counsel Professor Stephen Schulfhofer NYU School of Law John Sexton President, New York University Robert Shrum Shrum, Devine & Donilon Walter J. Smith, S.J. President & CEO, The HealthCare Chaplaincy, Inc. Clyde A. Szuch Pitney, Hardin, Kipp, & Szuch Professor Adam Winkler UCLA School of Law
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The Brennan Center for Justice at N
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CONTENTS Executive Summary. . . . .
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INTRODUCTION It has become somethin
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■ Accessibility. An accessible le
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NEW YORK STATE’S LEGISLATIVE PROC
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■■ REFERRAL OF LEGISLATION TO C
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legislation. As a result, the final
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■■ COMMITTEE REPORTS Legislatur
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usually adopted by the full committ
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Neither of New York State’s two c
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FIGURE 5 RESTRICTIONS ON MOTIONS TO
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that is overturned; this allows the
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of these committees. 142 In 1971, a
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into, a bill because the committee
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Additional research is necessary to
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Finally, analysis of the outcomes o
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maybe 20 staff people saw it before
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Few other states rely so heavily up
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Both the fast roll call (also known
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Page 61 and 62: THE IMPACT OF NEW YORK’S DYSFUNCT
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Page 71 and 72: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM The refo
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