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New York State Assembly convenes; Speaker schedules several rules reports and calendar bills for debate
Summary
The Assembly convened March 18 in Albany. Members were told the journal would be read and the Speaker announced multiple rules reports and calendar bills to be taken up for debate; the transcript does not include bill text or votes.
The New York State Assembly convened in Albany on Tuesday, March 18, with a quorum present and the clerk called to read the journal. The Speaker announced that members would take up several items for debate, identifying multiple rules reports and calendar bills by name; the provided transcript does not include the text of those measures or any votes on them.
Why it matters: The items placed on the calendar and listed as rules reports are the procedural step before full debate and possible floor votes. The limited excerpts of the transcript supplied here record only the Assembly’s opening business and agenda announcements, not substantive debate, committee reports, bill texts or outcomes.
During opening remarks, members were informed that the day’s agenda included resolutions on page 3 of the calendar and several bills identified by rules-report and calendar numbers. Items listed in the transcript include: Rules Report 109 by Miss Rosenthal; Rules Report 9 by Miss Salajis; Rules Report 41 by Miss Simon; Rules Report 42 by Mister Dinowitz; Calendar 38 by Mister Bronson; and Calendar 14 by Mister Dinowitz. The transcript does not supply bill sponsors’ legislative bill numbers, summaries of the measures, or any recorded motions or votes.
The transcript also records ceremonial introductions — including a prayer offered by Archbishop Elpidophoros and a welcome to visiting students from Thurgood Marshall Academy — but those remarks were ceremonial and are not described here as substantive legislative discussion or action.
No formal action: In the provided excerpt there are no recorded motions, roll-call votes or final outcomes on any bill. The clerk’s reading of the journal for Tuesday, March 18, is noted, and the Speaker directed that introductions and housekeeping precede taking up the listed calendar items. The record provided ends before any debate or votes on the announced items.
What is not known from this excerpt: The specific subject matter, statutory changes, fiscal impacts, bill text, bill numbers beyond the labels read on the floor, committee histories, amendments, sponsors’ full names or any roll-call results are not included in the supplied transcript. Those details were not specified in the portion of the proceeding provided here.
The Assembly proceeded from opening business to member introductions and the announcement of the day’s calendar; further action on the listed rules reports and calendar bills was not captured in the supplied transcript segment.
