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Senate chair's ruling upheld after appeal over discovery amendment tied to criminal justice reforms
Summary
A senator's effort to deem an amendment to a bill germane — one that would have repealed discovery reforms enacted in 2019 — failed after the presiding officer's ruling that the amendment was not germane was sustained by the chamber.
The New York State Senate sustained the presiding officer's ruling that an amendment related to discovery rules was not germane to the bill at hand, ending an attempt by a senator to force a vote on changes to criminal discovery law enacted in 2019.
Senator Casanari Fitzpatrick argued the amendment was germane because both the amendment and the bill dealt with…
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