§ 9 — Reconsideration

New York § 9

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law CMS: Senate Rules

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§ 9. Reconsideration. a. When a question has once been put and\ndecided, it shall be in order for any Senator to move for the\nreconsideration thereof; but no motion for the reconsideration of any\nvote shall be in order after the bill, resolution, message, report,\namendment, nomination or motion, upon which the vote was taken, shall\nhave gone out of the possession of the Senate; nor shall any motion for\nreconsideration be in order unless made on the same day on which the\nvote was taken, or within the next three days of the actual session of\nthe Senate thereafter. Nor shall any question be reconsidered more than\nonce; but when a bill or resolution shall have been recalled from the\nAssembly, a motion for reconsideration may be made at any time\nthereafter while the same is in the possession of the Senate, and all\nresolutions recalling a bill or resolution from the Assembly shall be\nregarded as privileged. No vote shall be reconsidered upon either of the\nfollowing motions:\n To adjourn.\n To lay on the table.\n b. The vote on the final passage of any bill appropriating moneys or\nproperty, or creating, continuing, altering or removing any body politic\nor corporate, shall not be reconsidered whenever any such bill shall be\nlost, unless by a vote of a majority of all the Senators elected, but\nall other bills, when the same shall have been lost, may be reconsidered\nby a vote of a majority of all the Senators present and voting.\n