THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS: AN ...

70 THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS: AN EVALUATION AND BLUEPRINT FOR REFORM
R. 12(d)-(f); IOWA H. R. 11; IOWA SEN. R.9;KAN. H. R. 1704; KY. H.R.24;KY. SEN. R. 13 & 24;
LA. H. R. 5.7; LA. SEN. R. 6.7; ME. H. R. 401(5); MASS. H.R.61;MASS. SEN. R. 41; MICH. H.R.
30; MICH. SEN. R. 3.902(3); MINN. H. R. 2.32; MINN. SEN. R. 36.4 & 36.5; MISS. H.R.23;MISS.
SEN. R. 71; MO. H.R.83;MO. SEN. R. 79; MONT. H. R. H40-170; MONT. SEN. R. S50-30; NEB.
UNICAMERAL R. 2, § 10; NEV. ASSEMB. R. 80; NEV. SEN. R. 80(2); N.H. H. R. 13; N.H. SEN. R.4;
N.J. H. R. 7:3; N.J. SEN. R. 7:3; N.M. H. R. 7-9; N.M. SEN. R. 7-9; N.Y. ASSEMB. R. V § 6(b); N.Y.
SEN. R. IX, §§ 3(d), 4(6); N.C. H. R. 10; N.C. SEN. R. 14(a); N.D. H. R. 306; N.D. SEN. R. 306;
OHIO H. R. 49; OHIO SEN. R. 68; OR. H. R. 6.25 & 6.30; OR. SEN. R. 6.25 & 6.30; PA. H.R.10;
PA. SEN. R. XI, § 3; R.I. H. R. 10; R.I. SEN. R. 7.1; S.C. H. R. 3.8; S.C. SEN. R.8;S.D.JOINT R.
1-5; TENN. H. R. 21; TENN. SEN. R. 12; TEX. H. R. 5, § 28 & 29; TEX. SEN. R. 4.05; UT. H.R.
28.01; UT. SEN. R. 28.01; VT. H. R. 64; VT. SEN. R. 65; VA. H. R. 61; VA. SEN. R. 42; WASH. SEN.
R. 29; WASH H. R. 16(C); W.VA.H.R.38;W.VA.SEN. R. 12; WIS.ASSEMB. R. 59; WIS.SEN.R.59;
WYO. H. R. 14-1 & 15-1; WYO. SEN. R. 15-1 & 15-2.
167 TIEFER, supra note 33, at 236-37.
168 Id. at 691-92.
169 RULES ANALYSIS DEBATE RULES, supra note 166.
170 NEAL, supra note 35, at 102-03 tbl.7.3. N.Y. ASSEMB. R. V, § 6(b) provides:
Unless otherwise provided by these Rules, no member shall speak, except
in his or her place, nor more than twice on any question, without leave of the
House. No member shall speak for more than fifteen minutes at a time except
by consent of two-thirds of the members present, except that a member desiring
to explain his or her vote upon the final passage of a bill or upon the passage
of a resolution requiring the expenditure of money may make a brief
statement, not to exceed two minutes, in explanation of such vote.
171 N.Y. SEN. R. IX, §§ 3(a) & 4(b).
172 N.Y. SEN. R. IX, § 3 provides, in pertinent part:
a. Debate shall only be in order when it is germane to the question
under discussion. ...
d. . . . When any bill or concurrent resolution shall have been under consideration
for two hours, including all amendments thereto, it shall be in order
for any Senator to move to close debate, and the Presiding Officer shall recognize
the Senator who wishes to make such motion. Such motion to close debate
shall not be amendable or debatable and shall be immediately put, and if it
shall receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the Senators present, the
pending measure shall take precedence over all other business.
e. The vote or canvass of agreement shall thereupon be taken upon such
bill, resolution or motion with such amendments as may be pending at the time
of such motion, according to the Rules of the Senate, but without further
debate, except that upon the roll call any Senator may speak not to exceed two
minutes in explanation of his or her vote; however no explanation of a canvass
of agreement shall be in order.
See also Krueger, supra note 9, at Proposal 5.
173 MAJOR LEGISLATION ANALYSIS 1997-2001, supra note 10.
174 Id. When asked about the prevalence of debate in the Assembly, a legislative director to
an Assembly member replied that it occurs “not often, occasionally on the more controversial
issues.” E-mail Correspondence from B, Legislative Director for N.Y. Asssemblymember C (Oct.
10, 2003) (on file with the Brennan Center).