§ 2. Introduction.\n a. Every bill introduced in the House shall be in duplicate and\naccompanied by the introducer's memorandum in quadruplicate. Such bill\nshall be presented by the introducer to the Index Clerk and delivered by\nthe Index Clerk to the Office of Assembly Revision for the purposes set\nforth in subdivision a of section eight of this Rule. Thereafter, such\nbill shall be referred to a standing committee, other than the Committee\non Rules, by the Speaker, assigned a number, printed and placed on the\ndesks of the members. The Index Clerk shall, on the day of its\nintroduction, cause such bill to be transmitted to the printer. A copy\nof each bill shall be available for public inspection in the Office of\nAssembly Revision. The Office of Assembly Revision shall maintain a\nphotocopy machine for use by the public to copy any such bill at a per\npage price to be established by the Speaker pursuant to the "Freedom of\nInformation Law".\n b. On or after November fifteenth of a calendar year, a member and\nmember-elect may submit a bill, in accordance with subdivision a of this\nsection, for introduction at the commencement of the following\nlegislative session. Such prefiled bill shall be assigned a number and\nreferred to a committee, but shall not be deemed introduced until the\ncommencement of such legislative session.\n c. Each time a bill is amended and reprinted, a letter of the\nalphabet, starting with "A", shall be added to its number.\n d. All bills, whether introduced in the House or communicated by\nmessage from the Senate, or by the Governor pursuant to Article VII of\nthe Constitution, shall be deemed to have had their first reading unless\notherwise ordered by the House and shall be referred to a standing\ncommittee, to consider and report thereon. At any time the Speaker may,\nwith the consent of the House, change the reference of any bill. Every\nmessage from the Senate communicating an amendment to an Assembly bill\nshall, except with unanimous consent for immediate passage, be referred\nto the committee which reported the bill with power to report at any\ntime.\n e. No bill shall be introduced in the House except in one of the\nfollowing modes:\n (1) by a member;\n (2) by a report of a standing committee;\n (3) by order of the House;\n (4) by message from the Senate; and\n (5) by the Governor under Article VII of the Constitution.\n f. (1) Any Assembly bill introduced in the regular legislative session\nof the first year of the term of the Assembly shall be deemed to be\nreintroduced for the second year of such term, provided such bill was:\n (a) not reported from a standing committee;\n (b) reported and referred;\n (c) recommitted to a standing committee; or\n (d) referred back to a standing committee by the Committee on Rules\nimmediately prior to adjournment sine die.\n (2) Any Assembly bill which in the first year of the term of the\nAssembly was passed by the Assembly and did not become law, was not\nvetoed, or was substituted by a Senate bill which did not become law or\nwhich was not vetoed, shall be deemed to be reintroduced for the second\nyear of such term and shall be ordered to the order of third reading,\nexcept that:\n (a) any such bill which in such first year required a home rule\nmessage for passage shall be referred to the committee to which such\nbill was originally referred;\n (b) upon request of the introducer or the chairperson of the committee\nto which such bill was originally referred, such bill shall be committed\nto the committee to which it was originally referred provided, however,\nsuch request may not be made later than the second Wednesday following\nthe commencement of the second year of the term of the Assembly;\n (c) any such bill making an appropriation of money which was not\nreferred to a committee purs
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