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Administrative History

The Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Operations oversees legislation on such diverse issues as civil and human rights, military and naval affairs, state contracts and purchasing, and the executive law.

In New York State, legislation is referred, upon its introduction, to a committee of the senate or assembly. Important bills of specific public interest are often given a public hearing prior to committee action. In the assembly a standing committee may report any bill to the full assembly either with or without amendments, or it may report adversely to the full assembly, or it may report that a bill is held for further action or study.