Committee

New York Assembly Judiciary Committee

Bill Bill Name Progress Referral Date
A00041 Prohibits a court from granting, denying or deciding a petition for guardianship, custody or visitation solely on the allegation or basis that a parent or guardian is providing or facilitating the provision of gender affirming care to the subject child. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00048 Prohibits a distributive share from passing to a person convicted of committing or attempting to commit a sex offense. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00057 Relates to action arising out of consumer debt; defines consumer debt and replaces consumer credit transaction with such term. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
A00087 Prohibits agreements between employers that directly restrict the current or future employment of any employee; allows for a cause of action against employers who engage in such agreements. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00088 Prohibits pre-payment penalties for mortgages secured by real property owned in a cooperative form of ownership where over fifty percent of the units are shareholder occupied. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00162 Requires counties and/or cities to establish a plan for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel; defines eligible person as one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line; requires the state to match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00166 Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates a lien remedy for all employees; provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00174 Prohibits rent minimums in all mortgages regardless of when issued. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00177 Provides for the establishment of a forty-five dollar fee for all motions made in pending proceedings and for ex parte applications in the surrogate's court. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00178 Provides that possession of a condom or other reproductive or sexual health device may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of conduct which would constitute an offense defined in article 230 of the penal law. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00188 Relates to the statute of limitations for actions based on discriminatory practices in employment; establishes action must be commenced within six years. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00231 Requires a petition in a summary proceeding to recover possession of real property in the city of Schenectady to allege proof of compliance with local laws requiring rental residential property registration and licensure. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00254 Provides that all persons have the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being, and the right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity of or lack of access to nourishing food. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00263 Increases the length of the term of office of members of the legislature to six years; imposes term limits for members of the legislature. In Committee 01/29/2025
A00275 Extends the statute of limitations to bring a claim arising out of an alleged sexual offense by a law enforcement officer if the alleged offense occurred while the officer was employed by a law enforcement agency. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00279 Requires parity in the mental and physical health treatment of the residents of New York state; provides that both mental and physical health "will be matters of public concern and provision therefor shall be made by the state and by such of its subdivisions". In Committee 01/29/2025
A00293 Makes the release of any claim by an employee, or independent contractor who is a natural person, against an employer, unenforceable if, as a condition of such resolution, the employee or independent contractor is prohibited from applying for, accepting, or engaging in future employment with such employer, or any entity or entities related to such employer. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00305 Relates to increasing the maximum civil penalty from $500 to $1000 per day per property for each day the mortgagee or agent of the mortgagee has been in violation. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00312 Requires orders of custody to state whether law enforcement is authorized to remove a child or children in order to comply with and enforce such orders. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00314 Provides that the owner, lessee or occupant of premises owes no duty to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others engaged generally in recreational activities. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00315 Requires the legislature to provide funding to reimburse localities for the costs associated with expenditures made as a requirement of any law which mandates the undertaking of a new program or increases the level of service of an existing program by a locality; requires the legislature to establish procedures for the allocation of funds among the local governments. In Committee 01/29/2025
A00343 Establishes a temporary state assistance fund to provide legal counsel for bankruptcy proceedings under chapter eleven of the federal bankruptcy code; provides for the administration thereof. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00345 Provides that limited liability for persons held jointly liable shall not apply to parties held liable for failing to provide reasonable security or failing to provide security required by federal, state or local law, rules or regulations. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00357 Provides an owner or lessee access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs for certain circumstances. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00380 Prohibits bad faith assertions of patent infringement where the person making the assertion is not engaging, has not engaged or attempted to engage, or does not intend to engage in the bona fide use of the patent in the production, development, licensing or commercialization of goods or services. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00395 Prohibits assertions of copyright infringement where the amount demanded by the person making the assertion was not made in good faith or the claim or assertion of copyright infringement is based on copyrighted material that is in the public domain or for which the asserter lacks the authority to enforce the copyright. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00400 Relates to the composition of boards of elections; provides that such boards shall have other qualifications for performing their duties as the legislature may direct. In Committee 01/29/2025
A00484 Relates to designating blighted property and blighted areas; establishes criteria for designation; provides definition of blighted property and blighted areas; amends definition of substandard or insanitary area by removing the words "slum" and "deteriorated or deteriorating". In Committee 01/08/2025
A00510 Relates to the scheduling of a fact finding hearing after the issuance of a temporary order of protection in family court; provides that such hearing shall be scheduled no later than 14 days after the temporary order is issued. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00526 Establishes a cause of action for fertility fraud; allows patients who have undergone assisted reproduction procedures to bring a cause of action if human reproductive material other than that which was consented to by the patient is used in such procedure; allows for compensatory and punitive damages. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00532 Prohibits courts from ordering an evaluation of a party or child or allowing into evidence a forensic report created by a forensic evaluator on a party or child to assist such court in a child custody or visitation determination. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00533 Permits court ruling in favor of a petitioner appealing the denial of a disability pension determination to grant disability pension. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00572 Relates to veterans' preferences with respect to civil service promotions; removes requirement of service during a time of war for additional points on civil service examinations for veterans. In Committee 01/29/2025
A00573 Allows the petitioner to have counsel assigned by the court in certain custody proceedings. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00577 Provides that a surrogate court clerk or chief clerk shall refuse to accept for filing papers filed in a proceeding only under certain circumstances or as designated in statute, administrative rule or order of the court; provides such reasons; requires the payment of any applicable statutory fees, or an order of the court waiving payment of such fees, before accepting a paper for filing; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00640 Relates to the creation of a court appointed advocate for animals. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00643 Relates to the purchase of claims by corporations or collection agencies; relates to the inference of an assignee's intent and purpose in taking an assignment of a claim against an obligor that is not an eligible obligor. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00649 Relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody; provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released from such custody. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00660 Relates to requiring all parties to an annulment or divorce to remove religious barriers to remarriage within ninety days of filing for such annulment or divorce or be subject to a fine of twenty-five hundred dollars per week. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00719 Amends the constitution to prevent and mitigate adverse childhood experiences. In Committee 01/29/2025
A00737 Exempts retirement accounts established by not-for-profit corporations from application to the satisfaction of money judgments for bankruptcy purposes. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00740 Allows a court to determine legal ownership of a companion animal, taking into consideration the well-being of the companion animal, during proceedings for dissolution of marriage, legal separation and proceedings commenced by individuals who have both resided with the companion animal. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00834 Creates the fundamental right of the people to have access to public information and to be provided notice of and to attend public meetings. In Committee 01/29/2025
A00872 Relates to the operation of games of chance by employees of authorized organizations. In Committee 01/29/2025
A00896 Relates to enacting the Justice for Nursing Home Victims act; creates a nursing home resident COVID-19 compensation program to provide full compensation to any nursing home resident or their statutory beneficiary when COVID-19 caused or contributed to such resident's death; provides the responsibilities of a nursing home during a pandemic; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00898 Allows the alteration or repeal of real property tax exemptions for private institutions of higher education. In Committee 01/29/2025
A00943 Requires legislative approval for any change in the state agency or agency subdivision which has management and control, including but not limited to management and control over its maintenance and oversight, of any portion of the barge canal. In Committee 01/29/2025
A00946 Prohibits landlords, lessors, sub-lessors and grantors from demanding brokers' fees from a tenant. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00958 Relates to establishing guidelines for DAs with regard to electronic conversion of certain records, books or papers in the care, custody or control of DAs that are more than 10 years old. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00964 Allows for justices to reside in any town, village or city contained in whole or in part within the same assembly district as the court such justice serves or in an assembly district contiguous to such municipality where the court is located; authorizes towns and villages to require that any person who serves as a town or village justice be admitted to practice law in the state. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00998 Relates to the timeliness of judicial decisions; establishes the failure to make a timely decision shall be considered misconduct. In Committee 01/08/2025
A01003 Relates to the imposition of penalties and remedies in suits brought for the vindication of civil rights or human rights; provides for reasonable attorney's fee and reasonable expert fees. In Committee 01/08/2025
A01036 Relates to liability to support a child who is placed in foster care pursuant to an approved application for foster care maintenance; provides that such liability shall not be imposed if it will adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of the child on whose behalf such payments are to be made or other persons in the child's household or will adversely affect the length of the child's placement or impair the ability of the child to return home when discharged from foster care; limits the ab In Committee 01/08/2025
A01071 Prohibits the knowing and reckless promotion of unlawful or false material; provides remedies for the violation of such prohibition. In Committee 01/08/2025
A01100 Authorizes the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district. In Committee 01/08/2025
A01117 Exempts active volunteer firefighters from jury duty when such firefighter files a form, prescribed by the chief administrator of the courts, with the appropriate commissioner of jurors. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01134 Provides for an optional excuse from jury service for persons age 70 and over. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01154 Relates to proceedings in family court; requires all transcripts of proceedings or hearings in family court shall be provided to the parties within five days of such proceeding or hearing; requires attorneys for children shall meet monthly with both parents or guardians and submit a report, including, but not limited to each meeting, the non-confidential, substantive portion of any meetings and any communications with the parties and the child or children; increases the compensation of assigned In Committee 01/09/2025
A01182 Provides that the court shall not reduce jury awards as excessive in employment discrimination actions unless the court finds exceptional circumstances which compel the conclusion that the jury was influenced by partiality, prejudice, mistake or corruption. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01190 Provides that in toxic tort cases the date of discovery of the injury by the plaintiff or claimant is presumed to be the date of diagnosis and where the specific toxic etiological cause of injury is not known for up to ten years (instead of five years) after the injury itself is discovered a plaintiff shall have three years to file a claim from the time such specific cause is discovered. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01196 Provides that certain allegations made by employees involving employment discrimination shall be protected and matters of public interest in actions involving public petition and participation. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01214 Prohibits employers from requiring certain conditions or preconditions of employment. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01215 Enacts the "patient privacy protection act"; prohibits ex-parte interviews of other party's treating physicians or health care providers in personal injury, medical, dental, or podiatric malpractice, or wrongful death actions. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01219 Requires disclosure of possible conflicts; provides for the vacating of an arbitration award on the ground that the arbitrator was affiliated in any way with any party, or has a financial interest directly or indirectly in any party or in the outcome of the arbitration. Crossed Over 01/09/2025
A01227 Authorizes a lien against personal and real property of the owner of a commercial towing company for illegal and improper practices; creates personal liability for members of an LLC and certain corporate shareholders. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01238 Provides that an action to recover the amount of an overcharge based upon a mistake or billing error made by an electric, gas or telephone corporation must be commenced within ten years. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01277 Allows only citizens to vote at elections. In Committee 01/29/2025
A01300 Provides that any small property owner that owns twenty units or less shall be entitled to free legal services if such small property owner can prove a loss of at least twenty percent of rent payments in a calendar year; defines "small property owner" as any lessor in a residential real property transaction, and includes an owner of twenty units or less who lists residential real property for lease with an agent, whether or not a lease results, or who receives an offer to lease twenty units of r In Committee 01/09/2025
A01310 Prohibits a cause of action for defamation where the subject of such action includes an allegation made to an employer regarding an unlawful discriminatory practice or act of retaliation. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01335 Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting. In Committee 01/29/2025
A01344 Establishes a tort cause of action for the wrongful injury or death of a companion animal; provides for compensatory and punitive damages and injunctive relief and three year statute of limitations on commencement of such an action. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01357 Permits the witnessing and solemnization of a marriage ceremony and the issuance of a marriage license application or marriage license to be performed utilizing audio-video technology provided certain conditions are met. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01379 Eliminates the restriction on class actions involving a penalty or minimum recovery; adds language expressly permitting class actions against governmental entities. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01387 Provides a presumption that credit shelter bequests be construed to set aside the maximum amount that may be shielded from both federal and state estate taxes. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01398 Permits the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district up to one justice for every thirty thousand people in the district. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01402 Provides a civil action for deprivation of rights which is caused by any person or public entity. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01405 Relates to establishing gang court pilot programs in the counties of Orange, Nassau, and Suffolk. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01419 Requires notice of enforcement of a lien on goods in a self-storage facility to be sent to an emergency contact designated by the occupant in a manner similar to the occupant; requires notice to update information on occupancy agreement. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01424 Prohibits the enforcement of mandatory arbitration agreements clauses and joint-action waivers with respect to workplace disputes; clarifies that section 7515 of the civil practice laws and rules applies retroactively to nullify pre-existing illegal mandatory arbitration clauses. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01452 Prohibits the acquisition of real property by foreign countries and entities of particular concern as well as citizens, companies, entities, and members of such countries and entities. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01511 Creates the fourteenth judicial district consisting of the county of Erie and a supreme court library at Erie. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01518 Relates to audio-visual coverage of judicial proceedings by the media; allows the judge or justice presiding over a proceeding to exercise discretion to prohibit or limit filming or photographing of particular participants; defines terms; provides limitations on audio-visual coverage. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01529 Requires the disclosure of lead-based paint test reports in real estate transactions. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01548 Permits the admissibility of testimony that a person reported acts of discrimination to another person in a civil trial under the human rights law, including the contents of such report. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01561 Relates to grounds where no landlord-tenant relationship exists. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01576 Provides that in any jurisdiction in which a party is eligible under local law for free legal counsel, if such party has in good faith attempted to secure such counsel and is unable to obtain counsel through no fault of their own, the court shall adjourn the trial of the issue for consecutive periods of not less than fourteen days each until the party is able to secure counsel. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01577 Relates to requiring the governor submit in person to oral questions from the legislature for two hours on an annual basis. In Committee 01/29/2025
A01596 Requires mandatory jail time for violators of orders of protection. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01600 Allows certain parties of releases and covenants involving PFAS to seek contribution from other responsible parties. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01608 Relates to penalties for failure to comply with maintenance and reporting of vacant and abandoned properties, and reporting and release of information; provides for the sharing of information between municipalities; provides for enforcement for failure to report on abandoned and vacant properties. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01613 Provides a private right of action for nail specialists aggrieved by their employer in the case of a health and safety violation, unlawful retaliatory action, or general labor issues such as hours and breaks. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01656 Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian in petitions to recover possession of real property and eviction warrants; seals any records pertaining to dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian who were residing on or removed from such property. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01711 Relates to creating a private right of action for unconsented removal or tampering with a sexually protective device. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01725 Authorizes gambling on professional sporting events and athletic events sponsored by universities or colleges at betting facilities located at thoroughbred and harness racetracks operating in this state, in simulcast theaters operated by off-track betting corporations and in any constitutionally authorized casino facility; provides that the proceeds of such gambling be applied exclusively to or in aid or support of education. In Committee 01/29/2025
A01737 Imposes civil penalties on landlords for including unenforceable provisions in residential leases. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01780 Provides that for members of a public pension or retirement system, accrued benefits shall not be diminished or impaired except as authorized and prescribed by the legislature. In Committee 01/29/2025
A01790 Relates to training requirements for attorneys appointed to represent a child in certain proceedings. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01820 Requires the modification of restrictive covenants prior to the sale of real property when covenants, conditions and restrictions exist which discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, national origin, source of income or ancestry. Crossed Over 01/14/2025
A01844 Prohibits the governor from granting themselves or any person involved with furthering the illegal conduct of the governor a reprieve, commutation or pardon. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01853 Relates to establishing a procedure for the governor's annual message to the legislature regarding the state of the state. In Committee 01/29/2025
A01893 Defines the terms "person", "human", and "human being" to mean a member of the species homo sapiens at any stage of biological development beginning at the moment of fertilization regardless of age, health, level of functioning, or condition of dependency; requires the right to life of all human beings. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01944 Relates to birth certificates for foreign adoptions; makes certain provisions retroactive. Crossed Over 01/14/2025
A01964 Relates to permitting lessees the option to pay security deposits in six or fewer equal installments. In Committee 01/14/2025
A02023 Relates to a cap on security deposits for residential leases of at least one year to the equivalent of one-month's rent under the lease. In Committee 01/14/2025
A02031 Establishes term limits for the office of governor and for members of the legislature; changes the term for members of the legislature to a four year term. In Committee 01/29/2025
A02056 Makes clarifying changes in regards to the purchase of flood insurance by mortgagors that exceeds certain limits upon a mortgagees request; amends the effectiveness thereof. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/14/2025
A02057 Makes various amendments to a chapter governing surrogacy programs and agreements. In Committee 01/14/2025
A02067 Requires that any bill which provides revenue to the state in a non-recurring manner shall pass by a two-thirds majority in order to become law. In Committee 02/05/2025
A02091 Enacts the "tenant repair reconciliation act"; requires landlords of certain multiple dwellings to repair certain conditions within thirty days of notice of such conditions; allows a tenant to repair such conditions and seek repayment of expenses incurred, or to deduct such expenses from future rent; directs the NYC comptroller to collect fines for violations and distribute such funds for citywide preservation and upgrades of certain multiple dwellings. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02155 Prohibits certain borrowing arrangements; relates to the authorization for the contracting of debt; relates to the manner by which payments are appropriated and paid. In Committee 02/05/2025
A02162 Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day; provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage. In Committee 02/05/2025
A02203 Exempts volunteers in recreational activities, including but not limited to, little league coaches, managers, assistants and members of the board of directors from civil liability while providing services or rendering assistance to a player or participant as a result of such volunteer's acts of commission or omission arising out of or in the course of rendering such services or assistance during competitive games and practices. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02221 Provides that there is no duty to keep premises safe for persons engaging in noncommercial aviation. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02227 Relates to duration of orders of protection in cases involving domestic violence. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02236 Requires the ethics commission of the unified court system to post each state-paid judge's annual financial disclosures on the ethics commission's public website for five years beginning with filings made on January 1, 2018. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02257 Allows the legislature to authorize pool-selling without profit. In Committee 02/05/2025
A02274 Allocates fines imposed on real estate appraisers to the anti-discrimination in housing fund; provides that a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars may be imposed on real estate appraisers for certain acts or omissions. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02280 Relates to adding certain notice requirements for enforcing liens on goods in self-storage facilities; extends the demand for payment period to 60 days. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02284 Provides for recall; empowers the electors with the ability to remove elective officers. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02285 Requires the governor and senior state officers to appear before the legislature as requested by the legislature to publicly explain actions and answer questions. In Committee 02/05/2025
A02319 Relates to interest rates on judgments. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02320 Limits the liability of a farm or "u-pick" operation for injuries incurred while a person was picking and buying agricultural products; expands the limited exemption of a property owner from liability to a property owner who makes their premises available to others for any recreational use and to include owners of underdeveloped and/or land used in agricultural production; enacts the "equine activity safety code act". In Committee 01/16/2025
A02333 Provides for procedure in filling vacancies in the offices of comptroller and attorney-general. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02360 Provides representation to veterans that are at or below four hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines for matters involving children, sustenance and real property proceedings. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02366 Enacts the court order protection act. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02386 Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limit the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve. In Committee 02/05/2025
A02394 Limits the power of the legislature to amend a redistricting plan submitted by the independent redistricting commission where it affects more than two percent of the population of any district contained in such plan. In Committee 02/05/2025
A02396 Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check for an applicant who is under the age of twenty-two. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02403 Provides that the issue of military deployment shall not be considered as a factor in the awarding of custody in marital actions where a suitable child care plan is presented. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02408 Prohibits the governor, the legislature and state agencies from imposing residential housing zoning requirements on local governments without approval from the local government. In Committee 02/05/2025
A02420 Requires that plaintiffs no longer have to prove that a sexual offense occurred on the premises of, chattels or property belonging to a corporate entity in action for negligent supervision. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02472 Establishes the civil rights restoration act; amends provisions regarding firearm licenses and destruction of firearms; exempts certain individuals from providing photographs in order to obtain a firearm license; expands the definition of immediate family. In Committee 01/17/2025
A02483 Requires the inclusion of suicide prevention resources to be provided with a warrant of eviction, including the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the applicable Suicide Crisis telephone number as provided by the Office of Mental Health. In Committee 01/17/2025
A02499 Requires proposed salary increases for members of the legislature to be submitted to the people at the next general election. In Committee 02/05/2025
A02508 Relates to liability for the manufacture, sale, leasing or other disposition of ammunition feeding devices and compensation for damages. In Committee 01/17/2025
A02528 Expedites actions involving insurance claims for damages resulting from a state disaster emergency; sets time frames. In Committee 01/17/2025
A02533 Creates, in addition to the existing sanction of criminal contempt of court, the remedies of labor law civil penalties and employee's right to bring civil action for unlawful discharge, penalty or discrimination on account of the exercise by an employee of a juror's right to be absent from employment by reason of jury service. In Committee 01/17/2025
A02543 Requires persons or entities providing benefits in the event of disability to not impose "onerous or unreasonable conditions" for the payment or continued payment of benefits thereunder, and provides for the enforcement thereof including actual damages, interest and penalties, reasonable costs and attorney's fees, and in the court's discretion, exemplary damages; exempts worker's compensation and NYS disability insurance. In Committee 01/17/2025
A02551 Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices. In Committee 01/17/2025
A02611 Requires landlords to mitigate damages when commercial tenants vacate premises in violation of the terms of the lease. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02652 Extends the timeline for the return of security deposits for residential rental agreements from fourteen days to thirty days. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02663 Provides that a judge of a city court outside the city of New York may only serve until the last day of December next after such person shall be seventy-six years of age; makes exceptions for judges already elected or appointed to office. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02671 Sets the amount of the allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to at the applicable minimum wage based on the court's location. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02682 Requires the hourly compensation and reimbursement rate for representation to be subject to an annual cost of living increase as governed by the United States Criminal Justice Act; provides that all hourly rates shall be increased automatically each year in accordance with any federal pay comparability adjustment. In Committee 01/22/2025
A02745 Relates to protections for victims of real property theft, providing for a rebuttable presumption that a purchaser or incumbrancer has notice of fraud or fraudulent intent in certain circumstances. In Committee 01/22/2025
A03088 Provides that the inherent right of each person to personal privacy shall not be infringed. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03089 Requires justices of the supreme court, judges of the county court and judges of the court of claims, regularly sitting in a criminal term or in a term with criminal as well as civil jurisdiction to visit the correctional facility with the highest population of incarcerated individuals in the county in which such justice is appointed or elected within two years of such appointment or election and every two years thereafter; requires a report on the conditions of such correctional facility. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03113 Raises the jurisdictional amount for small claims cases from $3,000 to $10,000 in justice court. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03115 Provides for compensation of an owner for the unjustifiable injury or death of a companion animal. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03136 Provides for the recall power of the electors to remove an elective officer. In Committee 02/05/2025
A03188 Revokes the public pension of a public officer who stands convicted on an impeachment; applies retroactively. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03209 Eliminates filing fees for wills filed for safekeeping in the surrogate's court. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03218 Prohibits the recording of conveyances suspected of being fraudulent; requires the clerk or registrar to conduct an investigation into transactions suspected of being fraudulent and to report such investigations to the local law enforcement or sheriff's office. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03220 Provides for the establishment of a separate office of family court judge for the county of Essex. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03226 Enacts the "ceasing repeated and extremely egregious predatory (CREEP) behavior act"; provides for the issuance of anti-stalking orders. In Committee 01/24/2025
A03234 Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing the character fitness questionnaire from inquiring into an applicant's prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system under certain circumstances. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03239 Requires certain civil court documents to be provided to parties in their native language; requires parties to demonstrate their understanding of the nature and effect of such documents. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03260 Authorizes the state to convey certain forest preserve land; provides such sale shall be subject to legislative approval and the proceeds of such conveyance shall be used for acquisitions to the forest preserve. In Committee 02/07/2025
A03275 Establishes a housing court for actions and proceedings involving the enforcement of state and local laws for the establishment and maintenance of housing standards; requires such court to establish an escrow account; provides that any landlord that owns twenty units or less shall be entitled to free legal services if such landlord can prove a loss of at least twenty percent of rent payments in a calendar year; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03305 Directs the legislature to ensure that the number of judges and justices in districts and courts is sufficient; directs the chief administrator of the courts to report on the sufficiency of the number of judges and justices in each court and to make recommendations on such numbers. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03307 Incorporates the 2022 Uniform Law Commission recommended amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code to provide for emerging technologies; addresses emerging technologies, providing updated rules for commercial transactions involving virtual currencies, distributed ledger technologies (including blockchain), artificial intelligence, and other technological developments. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03328 Prohibits an individual convicted of a crime involving elder abuse from inheriting from the elder's estate as a distributee. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03351 Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03377 Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state; provides likewise for the case in which the lieutenant-governor is absent from the state and the case in which the temporary president of the senate is absent from the state. In Committee 02/07/2025
A03378 Imposes a duty on a vehicular assailant to support a surviving child of a parent or guardian killed by such person; defines income; provides for a determination of support. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03381 Provides a mechanism for establishing the existence of a writing creating or amending a lifetime trust which was either lost or destroyed. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03392 Allows for no fault separation where the relationship between the spouses has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months; requires that issues of support and custody or visitation have been resolved. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03440 Relates to prohibiting the acquisition or transfer of agricultural land by foreign adversaries after January 1, 2026; provides that such prohibition will not apply to any interest in agricultural land held by a foreign adversary prior to such date or any federally recognized Indian tribe or its government units and enterprises; defines terms. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03441 Increases the number of county court judges in Schenectady county from one judge to two. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03442 Excuses prospective jurors from jury service if they are a full-time caregiver responsible for the care of a person with a mental or physical condition that causes such person to be incapable of caring for themself. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03444 Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03461 Amends provisions of law governing arbitration proceedings; specifies fees and expenses with regard to employment or consumer arbitration proceedings; directs certain sanctions on a party which breaches an arbitration agreement. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03470 Requires notice to be provided ninety days prior to commencement of a foreclosure action by a homeowners' association or condominium board to enforce a lien for unpaid common charges, assessments, fines or fees. Crossed Over 01/27/2025
A03499 Requires more specific data reporting by the chief administrator to include information relating to all courts in the unified court system, including town and village courts. In Committee 01/28/2025
A03531 Authorizes expedited settlement conference processes for establishing child support orders where both parties voluntarily agree on the process. In Committee 01/28/2025
A03598 Enacts "Karilyn's law"; provides that the court set the date for proceedings relating to family visitation under a guardianship petition for not more than ten days from the signing of the order to show cause; provides that visitation shall be a rebuttable presumption. In Committee 01/28/2025
A03634 Relates to claims for unjust conviction and imprisonment and the availability of certain benefits and entitlements to exonerees; allows for sealing of records, payment of awards and payment of attorney's fees; repeals certain provisions relating thereto. In Committee 01/29/2025
A03669 Raises the minimum fee for temporary interpreters; requires that town and village courts share in the compensation of such temporary interpreters. In Committee 01/29/2025
A03702 Prohibits a court from granting custody of a minor to anyone who has been convicted of any of the enumerated sex crimes except where a court finds there is no significant risk to the child. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03715 Relates to the taxation of moneys, credits, securities and other intangible personal property in the state that is not employed in carrying on any business therein. In Committee 02/07/2025
A03724 Requires district attorney ethics guidelines to be based exclusively on guidelines set by the New York state bar association. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03756 Raises the mandatory age of retirement for judges to seventy-six, with the ability of certain judges and justices to serve under a certified appointment until the age of eighty. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03757 Provides a mandatory retirement age for judges and justices. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03763 Relates to conveying approximately 1.2 acres of land located within the forest preserve to the town of Montague, Lewis county, in order to allow the expansion of the town's barn for public use, in exchange for 26 acres of land to be conveyed by such town to the state. In Committee 02/07/2025
A03778 Proposes a constitutional amendment to divide the state into three autonomous regions; the New Amsterdam Region, the New York Region and the Montauk Region; provides regional governors and regional legislators; provides only for a state sales tax; divides various departments and agencies; provides for separate court systems and prison systems. In Committee 02/07/2025
A03788 Requires that if a member of the legislature shall move their residence out of the senate or assembly district they were elected to serve during the time for which such member was elected they shall immediately vacate their seat in the legislature. In Committee 02/07/2025
A03822 Enacts the child custody reform act to provide uniform statewide standards for the litigation and mediation of child custody disputes; provides for an initial planning conference between the judge and all parties to attempt a settlement; provides for mediation unless the court finds mediation is inappropriate; requires the chief administrator of the courts to establish plans for the conduct of administration of the mediation and preparation of evaluation reports. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03849 Repeals provisions relating to allowing attorneys having offices in the state to reside in an adjoining state. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03855 Proposes changes to article 9 of the constitution in relation to the formation of new towns by drawing a map and preparing a charter of the proposed town and preparing a petition relating thereto. In Committee 02/07/2025
A03870 Relates to the number of judges of the family court in St. Lawrence county; adds an additional judge at the same compensation rate. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03874 Requires a mandatory settlement conference in cooperative apartment unit foreclosure actions; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03876 Increases the amount of allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to in each court of the unified court system. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03877 Makes technical changes to provisions providing for certification for service as a retired judge of the court of appeals or a retired justice of the supreme court. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03897 Creates the "protection of adults with mental disabilities act" to provide for fair and meaningful due process proceedings relating to a proposed change of placement, a proposed change in service or denial of services by the offices of the department of mental hygiene. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03906 Extends confidentiality privileges to certain communications to or from a licensed mental health counselor in the course of such licensed mental health counselor's professional employment, and to certain employees of such licensed mental health counselor; provides exceptions thereto. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03911 Requires financial reports for real property acquired by the state, including any agencies and authorities, through eminent domain. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03924 Relates to privacy rights involving digitization; provides that such right of privacy and action for injunction and damages shall include a portrait, picture, likeness or voice created or altered by digitization. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03925 Requires the office of court administration, clerks, and all other records custodians to develop policies and procedures to ensure no identifying information or documentation relating to name change actions or sex designation change actions is visible or retrievable in any electronic database maintained by the state of New York or a subdivision thereof. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03927 Classifies falsely reporting child abuse or maltreatment or abuse or neglect of a vulnerable person as a family offense under the concurrent jurisdiction of the family court and the criminal courts. In Committee 01/30/2025
A04080 Relates to requiring every residential lease to provide conspicuous notice of the availability of community solar for the provision of a tenant's electricity needs. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04239 Provides for initiative and referendum in New York State for the People as electors to propose or reject laws and submit amendments to the state constitution. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04281 Expands service of process to the department of state in the city of New York. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04284 Expands the right to seek the appointment of administrators of buildings to tenants and local governments throughout the state and to make procedures conform with realities of housing stock throughout the state. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04339 Establishes a county representation system for electing the governor and lieutenant-governor within the state. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04353 Relates to notice for enforcement of a lien against a self-service storage facility; requires a first notice to be delivered or sent within 30 days of the event that triggered the enforcement of the lien and the second notice to be sent within 45 days of such event and provides that public or private sale of the goods removed from the storage space may occur 60 days after such notification. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04355 Requires landlords to return the full security deposit and any accrued interest to which the tenant is entitled less any amount retained by the landlord within 21 days of the end of the lease. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04356 Authorizes certain military personnel who are scheduled to be deployed within thirty days to get married within twenty-four hours of receiving a marriage license. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04377 Provides that any landlord that is in mortgage foreclosure due to loss of rent payments cannot enter into a state of foreclosure until a court handling a special proceeding to recover rent resolves any rent issues. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04379 Requires any court which holds a special proceeding to recover real property to establish an escrow account where the tenant shall submit any owed rent into such account. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04380 Authorizes courts to exercise discretion permitting a courthouse facility dog for use by witnesses to be used in any judicial proceeding; provides that courts with an available courthouse facility dog must allow a witness under eighteen years of age, or who has a developmental disability, to use a courthouse facility dog to accompany such person while testifying in court; allows any witness who does not meet the criteria of being under eighteen years of age or having a developmental disability t In Committee 02/04/2025
A04393 Adds three additional family court judges to the county of Richmond; adds three additional judges to the civil court of the county of Richmond. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04437 Waives the twenty-four hour waiting period for solemnizing a marriage after a license is issued for persons serving in the armed forces. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04440 Relates to claims for unjust conviction. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04455 Requires a stay of certain foreclosure proceedings where the mortgagor has applied for coverage under the New York state homeowner assistance fund or any local program administering federal emergency mortgage assistance program funds; allows such foreclosure proceedings to proceed against a mortgagor who has caused significant damage to the property. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04465 Establishes a housing court for actions and proceedings involving the enforcement of state and local laws for the establishment and maintenance of housing standards; makes related provisions. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04602 Relates to the right of defendants in misdemeanor or felony cases to have such matter appear before a judge or justice admitted to practice law in New York; creates an automatic right to have a case reassigned to an attorney judge. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04623 Excludes real property conveyances from the written notice requirement when such property is being conveyed by the state of New York or any of its political subdivisions as part of a foreclosure proceeding. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04630 Increases the number of county court judges in Saratoga county by one justice. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04634 Relates to noncompliance of an employer or income payor with income execution orders; allows child support unit to count each failure to remit payment as an instance of noncompliance. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04635 Allows family court to issue temporary spousal support when issuing either a temporary order of protection or a temporary order for child support. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04669 Establishes the civil right to counsel in eviction proceedings in New York state; creates the New York state office of civil representation; requires that covered individuals be given notice of such right to counsel. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04674 Relates to the publication of judicial opinions rendered in criminal causes. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04685 Requires mercantile establishments to cease collections upon a court finding of not guilty of larceny in mercantile establishments. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04703 Clarifies that in child protective proceedings and permanency hearings for children placed out of their homes, the social worker-client privilege shall not be a ground for excluding evidence in a hearing to secure an order of protection. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04786 Establishes a presumption of shared parenting of minor children in matrimonial and family court proceedings. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04830 Establishes the paired testing program and compliance fee to determine if any real estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof is using unlawful discriminatory practices; creates the paired testing program fund. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04843 Requires balanced budgeting and spending; amends limitations on state supported debt; prohibits a message of necessity for budget bills; establishes the Rainy day fund as a constitutionally mandated provision. In Committee 03/03/2025
A04862 Implements "Cassie's law" which provides a private right of action for crime victims against persons or private entities who suppress evidence of a crime in exchange for monetary compensation. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04867 Requires the chief administrator of the courts to provide reports on legal training programs conducted by the office of court administration, the performance of the judges and justices of the unified court system, and the security of the judicial and non-judicial officers of the unified court system. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04871 Establishes the chief administrator of the courts shall submit annually a report on the administration, function and effectiveness of the Drug Treatment Court Program during the preceding year. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04880 Establishes confirmatory adoptions providing for the adoption of children born as a result of assisted reproduction; allows for more than two persons to be named parents of a child; establishes presumed parentage and provides for the challenge and adjudication thereof; repeals certain provisions of the domestic relations law and the family court act relating thereto. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04883 Establishes the right to inspection of residential real properties, condominium units, and cooperative apartments. In Committee 02/10/2025
A04904 Requires county clerks to designate one newspaper or journal for the publication of every notice and advertisement of judicial proceedings in the county. In Committee 02/10/2025
A04905 Requires a surety bond for contractors and subcontractors where no public fund has been established for the financing of a public improvement. In Committee 02/10/2025
A04940 Establishes procedures regarding orders of post-termination visitation and/or contact between a child and such child's parent and for modification of such orders. In Committee 02/10/2025
A04946 Provides for the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor by appointment of the governor subject to confirmation by majority vote in the senate and majority vote in the assembly. In Committee 03/06/2025
A04960 Provides that all residential leases shall contain a detailed description of tenant's statutory rights including among others, warranty of habitability, willful violation of lease, right to participate in tenants' associations, no eviction for good faith complaint, utility payment offset and sublet rights; grants tenant the right to install extra locks; sets out landlord obligations with respect to heating and oil delivery. In Committee 02/10/2025
A04978 Provides that a great-grandparent may apply to the supreme court for visitation rights with respect to certain minor great-grandchildren where either or both of the parents of such child is or are deceased. In Committee 02/10/2025
A04993 Establishes a claim for strict liability against the state for any injury caused by the administration of an immunization which is mandated by a state law; gives the court of claims the power and jurisdiction to hear such a claim. In Committee 02/10/2025
A04994 Provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft; relates to penalties for certain wage violations. In Committee 02/10/2025
A05026 Requires certain sellers of real property to provide a certificate of occupancy to the purchaser of the real property. In Committee 02/11/2025
A05036 Requires certain elections take place in even-numbered years for certain municipal and judicial officials except in the city of New York. In Committee 03/06/2025
A05095 Requires VA home loan training in the required training for real estate brokers. In Committee 02/12/2025
A05143 Relates to court ordered forensic evaluations and reports in child custody and visitation proceedings. In Committee 02/12/2025
A05164 Codifies the duty of real estate brokers to supervise salespersons and associate brokers through regular, frequent and consistent personal guidance, instruction and oversight; lists elements of supervision including the ability to familiarize salespersons with state and federal laws against discrimination. In Committee 02/12/2025
A05169 Extends the revocation period for real estate brokers and real estate salespersons from one year to three years; includes the license revocation and suspension history of real estate brokers or real estate salespersons on the data.ny.gov website. In Committee 02/12/2025
A05196 Increases the allowances provided to trial and grand jurors to $60 per day for the first ten days and $100 per day every day thereafter of physical attendance. In Committee 02/12/2025
A05202 Establishes an electoral voting system for electing the governor, lieutenant-governor, comptroller and attorney general. In Committee 03/06/2025
A05256 Provides for the chief administrator of the courts to, upon request by a municipality, ensure the assignment and presence of a uniformed court officer during court proceedings or a law enforcement officer where no uniformed court officer is available. In Committee 02/12/2025
A05263 Provides for recall of a statewide elective officer; empowers the citizens with the ability to remove elective officers. In Committee 03/06/2025
A05276 Relates to the establishment of free childcare centers in every court in the unified court system for the minor children and dependents of jurors, parties in civil cases, and criminal defendants. In Committee 02/12/2025
A05295 Provides for the reinstatement of state recognition and acknowledgement of the Montaukett Indian Nation; provides that the Montaukett Indian nation shall have a chief or sachem, three tribal trustees and a tribal secretary; provides for the qualification of voters; makes related provisions. Crossed Over 02/12/2025
A05414 Removes the lifetime ban on jury duty for convicted felons; repealer. In Committee 02/13/2025
A05426 Provides that all persons have the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being, and the right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity of or lack of access to nourishing food. In Committee 03/06/2025
A05480 Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care, from criminal or civil liability or professional sanctions imposed by jurisdictions outside the state. In Committee 02/14/2025
A05499 Prohibits single-agent dual agency; requires representation agreements; allows broker's fee negotiations; prohibits mandatory broker's fees in residential real property transactions. In Committee 02/14/2025
A05516 Provides for the appointment of foreclosure receivers and managing agents in cities having a population of one million or more. In Committee 02/14/2025
A05596 Authorizes justice courts to exercise jurisdiction over commercial claims arising out of a transaction between a claimant and a natural person, wherein the money, property or service which is the subject of the transaction is primarily for personal, family or household purposes. In Committee 02/18/2025
A05602 Directs the chief administrative judge of the New York unified court system to conduct a study on the office of court administration's housing court guardian ad litem program and to publish a report on such study. In Committee 02/18/2025
A05625 Allows an impeachment proceeding to proceed after the resignation of a person from public office; prohibits such person from holding a future public office. In Committee 02/18/2025
A05662 Amends the constitution to prohibit an immediate vote from being called by the governor or acting governor on any budget bills. In Committee 02/19/2025
A05664 Provides for the recall of a district attorney. In Committee 03/06/2025
A05671 Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law. In Committee 02/19/2025
A05696 Establishes a division of the public administrator within the office of the corporation counsel for the city of New York. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05740 Requires the office of court administration to study racial disparities in jury selection pools and juror selection and make recommendations that can be undertaken to reduce or eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in jury selection pools and juror selection. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05785 Establishes term limits for the governor, lieutenant-governor, comptroller, and attorney-general of three terms in such office. In Committee 03/18/2025
A05787 Relates to requiring certain town and village justices be admitted to practice law in the state; requires town and village justices in a town or village with a high arraignment volume be admitted to practice law in New York state for at least five years as of the date they commence the duties of office; provides the determination of a town or village with a high arraignment volume shall be made by the office of court administration in consultation with the division of criminal justice services. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05815 Relates to orders of protection with respect to companion animals; provides further protection for pets by authorizing the court to order a party to either relinquish a pet or to refrain from any contact with a pet. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05826 Provides for the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor by appointment of the governor subject to confirmation by majority vote in the senate and majority vote in the assembly; provides for an extended order of succession for the filling of a vacancy in the office of the governor. In Committee 03/18/2025
A05870 Enacts the "television subscriber choice act" to enhance consumer choice and ensure that multichannel video programming distributors have the flexibility to offer programming packages that best meet the needs and preferences of their subscribers; requires that a video programmer shall offer each channel for license to a multichannel video programming distributor without requiring channel bundling requirements as a condition of carriage of such channel; makes it unlawful for a video programmer to In Committee 02/24/2025
A05881 Relates to designating a cease and desist zone in counties experiencing significant displacement due to gentrification, deed theft, and tax lien foreclosures; establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones. In Committee 02/24/2025
A05897 Creates the fourteenth judicial district consisting of the county of Monroe; provides for continuation of the seventh judicial district and the positions of certain seventh and fourteenth judicial district justices; makes related provisions. In Committee 02/24/2025
A05903 Creates an exemption to the presumption that a child born in wedlock is the child of the birth parent's legal spouse; permits certain actions to be taken by the birth parent without notice to the birth parent's legal spouse. In Committee 02/24/2025
A05946 Creates the real property regulatory impacts act; provides that the owner of any real property may bring an action against the state whenever the application of any state statute, rule or regulation to such property causes a diminution in value of fifty percent or more. In Committee 02/25/2025
A05965 Provides for eminent domain reform; creates the "home and property protection act"; creates a temporary state commission to examine eminent domain laws. In Committee 02/25/2025
A05966 Relates to requiring written notification by mortgagees commencing foreclosure actions on a multiple dwelling with ten or more units to the department of housing preservation and development to aid in the identification and improvements of at-risk properties. In Committee 02/25/2025
A05984 Establishes a system of merit selection of judges of the state's major trial courts instead of elections and for the designation of certain justices of the supreme court; affects certain courts including the supreme court, surrogate's court, the New York city civil court, the New York city criminal court and the district court. In Committee 02/25/2025
A05986 Establishes the "public interest legal services loan assistance fund" of the state of New York (to consist of a portion of bar examination fees and other funds appropriated by the legislature therefor and such other monies as may be credited or otherwise transferred from any other fund or source pursuant to law, including voluntary contributions); provides for administration of such fund to assist public service attorneys practicing public interest law in repaying their student loans; defines ce In Committee 02/25/2025
A06007 Provides that where safety equipment or devices have been made available, and an employee has failed to follow safety instruction or safe work practices in accordance with training provided, or failed to utilize provided safety equipment or devices, or engaged in a criminal act or was impaired by the use of drugs or alcohol, and such failure, act or impairment is a proximate cause of an injury to such person, the conduct attributable to such person shall not bar recovery, but the amount of damag In Committee 02/25/2025
A06025 Exempts from jury duty prospective jurors who are age seventy-five or older who make a request to be exempt. In Committee 02/25/2025
A06036 Provides for the review of a suitable child care plan to be presented by the petitioning parent for the period of deployment, including but not limited to, reasonable notice by deploying parent to other parent of deployment, procedures for parents to make out of court arrangements regarding custody and visitation during deployment; prohibits an order of permanent custody without deployed parent's consent; makes related provisions. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06063 Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06119 Authorizes private civil actions for certain violations of the cannabis law relating to licensure. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06134 Establishes the fourteenth judicial district which shall consist of the counties of Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06139 Relates to the proper form of exhibits for submission; provides every exhibit shall be clearly identified, but no specific method of labeling shall be required. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06151 Establishes procedures for temporary custody orders that include a fifty-fifty rebuttable presumption that the parents shall have temporary joint legal and shared physical custody and shall share equal parenting time. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06154 Prohibits certain noncitizens, foreign governments, and foreign entities from taking any real property that is zoned as industrial, light industrial, heavy industrial, residential agricultural, agricultural or rural agricultural. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06171 Requires a custodial parent who lives with a sex offender to provide that information to a non-custodial parent. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06194 Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety; requires the court to appoint an attorney to represent the child when credible allegations of serious risk to the child's safety have been made. In Committee 02/27/2025
A06216 Authorizes the New York city council to approve or deny by a majority vote, any public authority's or public benefit corporation's use of eminent domain. In Committee 02/27/2025
A06250 Standardizes the language across the relevant court acts to allow tenants statewide to sue in the county where the real property at issue is located in matters relating to a tenancy or lease; requires the Office of Court Administration to develop necessary forms, procedures and deliver a report. In Committee 02/27/2025
A06256 Requires the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor be done subject to confirmation by a two-thirds vote in the senate and a two-thirds vote in the assembly. In Committee 03/24/2025
A06280 Relates to persons who may become a voluntary administrator; includes fiduciaries of a deceased distributee, or a competent adult who is not a distributee upon the filed consent of all competent distributees as persons who can become a voluntary administrator prior to the chief fiscal officer of the county becoming such. In Committee 03/03/2025
A06291 Modifies the definition of disorderly conduct for family offense proceedings to not require an intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, but merely an intent to cause annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof. In Committee 03/03/2025
A06311 Prohibits municipal corporations from permitting the use of publicly owned land for helicopter air transportation operated for the primary purpose of conducting sightseeing tours over New York city or conducting photography, videography, or similar production activities over New York city; relates to the use of certain heliports in the city of New York. In Committee 03/03/2025
A06330 Authorizes renewals in certain instances by an aggrieved party to the court of appeals based on a subsequent change in law. In Committee 03/04/2025
A06357 Requires approval by 2/3 vote of membership of the senate and assembly voting separately to increase or decrease any tax rate, impose a new state tax, extend or delete existing state tax. In Committee 03/24/2025
A06398 Creates the New York Civil Gideon Act. In Committee 03/04/2025
A06412 Provides that records of eviction proceeding shall be sealed when the leased property was foreclosed upon; prohibits use and disclosure of any such information relating to a tenant; imposes fine of between $1,000 and $2,000 for violations thereof. In Committee 03/04/2025
A06421 Provides counsel appointed in the supreme court or surrogate's court for certain family matters shall be compensated in the same manner as law guardians in the family court of this state. In Committee 03/04/2025
A06423 Requires that the entire amount of a rental deposit or advance be refundable to the tenant upon the tenant's vacating of the premises except for an amount lawfully retained for non-payment of rent or utilities, damage caused by the tenant, or storage costs; requires landlord to provide an itemized statement of damages and to return the balance of the deposit within 14 days; requires that tenant be given the opportunity to inspect the rental premises prior to signing a lease; allows a grantee or In Committee 03/04/2025
A06441 Requires notaries public and commissioners of deeds to complete and retain certain documents relating to the transfer of residential real property; relates to forgery and offering a false document concerning residential real property. In Committee 03/04/2025
A06527 Imposes term limits on members of the legislature such that no person can serve in a house of the legislature for more than six consecutive terms. In Committee 03/24/2025
A06570 Establishes a parent and education awareness program to raise parental awareness of the harmful effects of conflict on their children and expose parents to better ways to support their children during a family transition. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06574 Creates a private right of action by a tenant against a landlord in a city having a population of one million or more persons over sidewalk sheds. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06590 Relates to the qualification of voters; provides that a citizen who is seventeen years of age at the time of a primary election and who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the general election for which such primary election is held, shall be eligible to vote in such primary election. In Committee 03/24/2025
A06626 Relates to strategic lawsuits against public participation; makes technical corrections; relates to the applicability of chapter 250 of the laws of 2020 amending the civil rights law relating to actions involving public petition and participation. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06672 Authorizes the governor to fill vacancy in the office of lieutenant-governor on confirmation of both houses of the legislature; allows the governor to leave the state without transmitting power to lieutenant-governor; establishes the process for lieutenant-governor to act as governor during incapacitation of the governor. In Committee 03/07/2025
A06696 Provides that a landlord depositing security deposits in an interest bearing account shall be entitled to receive as administration expenses a sum equivalent to 20 percent of the interest earned by such security money per annum, but not to exceed one percent per annum of the money so deposited. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06699 Relates to the rights of parties involved in foreclosure actions; relates to the effect of discontinuance of actions based upon certain instruments related to real property. In Committee 03/07/2025
A06700 Exempts senior citizens aged 72 and older from jury duty due to physical health and/or mobility issues. In Committee 03/07/2025
A06702 Relates to representation in certain real property actions. In Committee 03/07/2025
A06721 Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act". In Committee 03/11/2025
A06752 Requires the posting of broker and property management information on the window of commercial property that has been vacant for at least one month. In Committee 03/11/2025
A06755 Creates an elder court pilot program to study the effectiveness of senior-specific judicial programming especially involving elder abuse and domestic violence. In Committee 03/11/2025
A06777 Establishes a housing part for city court of Yonkers to have jurisdiction of such actions and proceedings; including but not limited to enforcement and foreclosure of liens, injunctions and restraining orders for the enforcement of housing standards and special proceedings to vest title in the city of Yonkers to abandoned multiple dwellings; makes various other provisions. In Committee 03/14/2025
A06782 Requires the chief administrator of the courts to establish an online payment option for posting bail and paying other related monies. In Committee 03/14/2025
A06804 Provides that court records in a proceeding under articles 77, 78 and 81 of the mental hygiene law shall not be perused, examined, disclosed, taken or copied by any other person than a party, the attorney or counsel of a party, the guardian, the court evaluator or the court examiner except by order of the court. In Committee 03/14/2025
A06901 Enacts the "New York land-home property act"; relates to manufactured homes certificate of title and the conveyance and encumbrance of manufactured homes as real property. In Committee 03/18/2025
A06907 Requires employment and consumer dispute arbitrations to be submitted to neutral third party arbitrators; establishes prohibited arbitration agreements and provisions; requires disclosure of information by certain arbitrators. In Committee 03/18/2025
A06973 Incorporates legislative provisions regarding the conduct of special elections to fill vacancies in federal elected offices into the constitution. In Committee 04/14/2025
A06983 Permits the admissibility into evidence of statements in learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets if the statement is called to the attention of an expert witness and the publication is established as a reliable authority by the expert's admission or testimony, by another expert's testimony, or by judicial notice. In Committee 03/18/2025
A07005 Eliminates the requirement that a driver's license, professional license or recreational license be suspended for failing to pay child support. In Committee 03/18/2025
A07069 Provides for the disqualification of a surviving spouse if the marriage is annulled or voided after the death of the spouse. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07072 Limits the amount of security deposit for residential rental premises which may be charged to a senior citizen who has occupied the premises for five years or more to the equivalent of one month's rent; entitles a person who has attained the age of sixty-two to a refund of that portion of any security deposit held by the landlord which exceeds one month's rent. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07113 Requires municipalities to set up a program that repairs emergency violations of habitability for residents in twenty-four to forty-eight hours from notification; provides for the billing of the owners of the property for such repairs. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07163 Restructures the selection process for judges of the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York; relates to designating petitions for candidates for the office of judge of the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York; makes conforming changes; abolishes the advisory council for the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York; repeals provisions relating to the selection and appointment of housing court judges. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07176 Relates to the discoverability of recordings found on police body worn cameras and vehicle cameras. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07188 Provides for free legal representation in certain mortgage foreclosure actions where the homeowner is financially unable to obtain counsel; requires notice of such availability. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07189 Requires town and village justices be admitted to practice law in New York state for at least five years as of the date they commence the duties of office. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07206 Requires tax exempt organizations to report on moneys spent on judgments and settlements regarding harassment, assault or abuse allegations against its officers, directors, employees, agents and trustees. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07213 Relates to the timing of proceedings against a body or an officer. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07218 Requires the foreclosing party in a residential foreclosure action to offer a refinancing opportunity to the mortgagor. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07221 Relates to the selection of judges to Family Court within the City of New York. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07247 Prohibits a person who has abandoned such person's spouse or domestic partner from collecting any portion of the spouse's or domestic partner's pension. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07295 Expands the right of publicity to seventy years following the death of a deceased personality; makes the provisions of such section granting a right of publicity applicable to all deceased persons until the end of such 70 year period. In Committee 03/25/2025
A07307 Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day. In Committee 03/25/2025
A07368 Establishes standards for public access to family court proceedings and when a judge can exclude individuals from proceedings. In Committee 03/25/2025
A07369 Requires certain elections take place in even-numbered years for certain municipal and judicial officials. In Committee 04/14/2025
A07425 Relates to reducing a correction officer's pension to satisfy certain judgments from the death or hospitalization of an incarcerated individual; provides that a correction officer's pension may be reduced to no less than $20,000 to satisfy a judgment; provides that a court shall hold a hearing to determine the amount of the reduction. In Committee 04/14/2025
A07451 Provides for review of bail data reports by the state commission on judicial conduct to study such reports for evidence of bias or prejudice by any judge or justice, and where appropriate based on such reports, to initiate, investigate, and hear complaints and otherwise comment on matters of bias and prejudice evidenced therein. In Committee 03/28/2025
A07454 Relates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County. Crossed Over 03/28/2025
A07462 Permits additional damages recoverable for the use of a deadly weapon resulting in death. In Committee 03/28/2025
A07468 Provides that for settlements that require a court order, the order, or the judgment in a special proceeding, shall provide for the payment of interest on the settlement amount at the statutory interest rate on judgments. In Committee 03/28/2025
A07469 Requires the petitioner for appointment as the guardian for an incapacitated person to identify all other persons who may be able to manage the affairs of such incapacitated person; prohibits appointment solely for the purposes of bill collection or resolving a bill collection dispute. In Committee 03/28/2025
A07473 Enacts the "sunshine in litigation act" regarding protective orders to prohibit settlement agreements which conceal a public hazard or any information that would identify a public hazard. In Committee 03/28/2025
A07512 Enacts the "New York land-home property act"; relates to manufactured homes certificate of title and the conveyance and encumbrance of manufactured homes as real property. In Committee 03/28/2025
A07518 Provides for the election of judges to family court within the City of New York, rather than for the appointment of such judges. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07531 Extends to commercial tenants the right to seek a stay of the issuance of a warrant and a stay of any execution to collect the costs of the proceeding in a proceeding to recover the possession of premises in the city of New York. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07538 Authorizes the state mortgage agency to purchase veterans' assisted forward commitment mortgages from banks within the state; requires the board of directors of the state mortgage agency to establish income limits for eligible veterans from time to time. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07545 Prohibits the entry of a judgment by confession on amounts due from one or more individuals for personal, family, household, consumer or non-business purposes and on a debt incurred if the principal amount of such debt was less than $5,000,000. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07546 Relates to actions upon a subordinate bond or note; provides a statute of limitations for such actions. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07589 Declares any conveyances of real property to a landlord identified on the city of New York's office of the public advocate's worst landlord watchlist as void as against public policy; provides for a $50,000 civil penalty for violations of such provisions. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07599 Relates to the disclosure of third-party consumer litigation financing agreements in which there is a right to receive compensation or proceeds from the consumer that is contingent on and sourced from any proceeds of the civil action, by settlement, judgment, or otherwise. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07631 Sets the probable usefulness of judgments, compromised claims or settled claims resulting from certain child sexual abuse cases to up to 30 years. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07641 Amends constitution to authorize religious observance as a cause for absentee voting. In Committee 05/05/2025
A07650 Relates to complaints regarding judges and confidentiality of records; extends the jurisdiction of the state commission on judicial conduct as to judges who resign or retire while under investigation or formal charges. In Committee 04/04/2025
A07653 Requires a petition in a summary proceeding to recover possession of real property in the city of Schenectady to allege proof of compliance with local laws requiring rental residential property registration and licensure. Crossed Over 04/10/2025
A07682 Provides for the licensing of apartment information vendors; defines such vendors as persons who, for a fee, furnish information concerning the location and availability of rental real property. In Committee 04/04/2025
A07683 Limits recordkeeping and reporting duties of public notaries to electronic notarization acts. Crossed Over 04/04/2025
A07691 Increases the period of supervision to five years for real estate brokers applying for a license. In Committee 04/04/2025
A07708 Relates to preventing fraudulent deed transfers; protects home owners from being misled into transferring their home to mortgage servicers. In Committee 04/08/2025
A07722 Relates to civil actions for deprivation of constitutional rights; provides that a peace officer employed by a local government, who under color of law, subjects or causes to be subjected, including failing to intervene, any other person to the deprivation of any individual rights that create binding obligations on government actors secured by the bill of rights, article one of the state constitution, is liable to the injured party for legal or equitable relief or any other appropriate relief; p In Committee 04/08/2025
A07734 Increases the jurisdictional limit from $3,000 to $5,000 for justice courts; increases filing fees. In Committee 04/08/2025
A07774 Provides for an exclusion for treble damages in actions for forcible or unlawful entry or detainer where such treble damages are unavailable to a person who, not having entered a lease or license for such real property with the rightful owner, enters onto real property or otherwise settles on land or occupies real property without title, right, permission of the rightful owner, or payment of rent accepted by the rightful owner. In Committee 04/10/2025
A07782 Provides for a limited alternative remedy to remove unauthorized persons from residential real property if certain conditions are met. In Committee 04/10/2025
A07786 Provides for restructuring unsustainable sovereign and subnational debt; provides a voluntary petition for relief may be filed with the state. In Committee 04/10/2025
A07787 Excludes persons who, not having entered a lease or license for such dwelling with the rightful owner, enters into a dwelling unit, onto real property or otherwise settles on land or occupies real property without title, right, permission of the rightful owner, or payment of rent accepted by the rightful owner from the definition of "occupant" for the purposes of unlawful eviction. In Committee 04/10/2025
A07793 Extends the effectiveness of provisions providing for special proceedings to convey title to abandoned commercial and industrial real property to a city, town, or village. Crossed Over 04/11/2025
A07841 Relates to ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. In Committee 04/11/2025
A07856 Enacts provisions for the execution of electronic wills including attestation, revocation and filing. In Committee 04/11/2025
A07898 Requires specific notice of mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts. In Committee 04/11/2025
A07952 Requires judges or justices in a court that exercises criminal jurisdiction, including town and village justices, family court judges, and justices of the supreme court who regularly handle matrimonial matters, and court clerks of such courts to attend a program approved by the chief administrator of the courts addressing issues relating to domestic violence totaling at least ten hours every two years; requires law enforcement officers to complete ten hours of domestic violence training every tw In Committee 04/16/2025
A07957 Requires a rebate of all rent paid to a landlord to be paid back to a tenant who was forced to vacate an illegal dwelling unit pursuant to an emergency vacate order or eviction. In Committee 04/16/2025
A07976 Establishes a penalty of not less than $1,000 for each intentional destruction, mutilation or significant alteration of a medical record by a party to a medical malpractice action, or by any officer, director, member, employee or agent of such party; establishes a cause of action on behalf of any person injured as the result of such destruction, mutilation or significant alteration; requires disclosure of metadata, audit trail, and log-in information associated with electronic medical records in In Committee 04/16/2025
A07982 Requires that in cases concerning dwellings with two units or less, petitions that go to trial be resolved in six months or less upon issue being joined; provides that in cases concerning dwellings with three or four units, the court shall render a final judgment on a petition no later than twelve months from the date upon which the issue is enjoined. In Committee 04/16/2025
A08001 Increases the jurisdictional limits for small claims to fifteen thousand dollars. In Committee 04/17/2025
A08002 Increases the jurisdictional limits for county courts and district courts to fifty thousand dollars. In Committee 04/17/2025
A08009 Provides that the Governor's annual budget proposal to the Legislature shall include statements of any new legislation, amendment to legislation, or limitation on the effect of any legislation contained in the budget; makes related provisions granting the legislature an equal role with the governor in the budget process. In Committee 05/09/2025
A08030 Sets the definition of "principal" for the purposes of limits on amount of flood insurance required by a mortgagee and clarifies applicability of the state law relative to certain federal programs and requirements. In Committee 04/22/2025
A08046 Establishes the toxic victim justice act to extend the time frame to commence an action for certain victims who were exposed to a toxic substance until one year from the date of discovery of the toxic etiological cause or source of the injury or the date the plaintiff should have discovered the cause or source of the injury. In Committee 04/22/2025
A08047 Permits amendment of a claim or notice of intention to file a claim to correct jurisdictional pleading defects and the dismissal of a claim based upon claimant's failure to comply with jurisdictional pleading requirements. In Committee 04/22/2025
A08060 Permits the sale of goods that remain in a self-storage facility to enforce a lien by the facility through a public website, pursuant to notice requirements. In Committee 04/22/2025
A08078 Limits security deposits to one month's rent; requires landlords to return the full security deposit and any accrued interest to which the tenant is entitled less any amount retained by the landlord within 21 days of the end of the lease. In Committee 04/24/2025
A08083 Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property in an amount of up to $500 per day for each day such violation persists after the judgement of foreclosure has been issued. In Committee 04/24/2025
A08092 Requires real estate brokers and salespersons to complete two hours of sexual harassment prevention training every two years. In Committee 04/28/2025
A08105 Relates to creating the uniform trade secrets act. In Committee 04/30/2025
A08120 Relates to the definition and term of real estate listing agreements; provides that no real estate broker shall be a party to a listing agreement if such agreement is for a period longer than two years; provides that a listing agreement shall not be enforceable if the agreement is for a period longer than two years. In Committee 05/01/2025
A08219 Allows up to seven excess continuing education credit hours for real estate brokers and real estate salespersons to be carried forward to the next two-year licensing period. In Committee 05/05/2025
A08222 Relates to the statute of limitations for certain deed theft actions; revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations; grants trial preference to such actions; directs the chief administrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication of certain revived actions. In Committee 05/05/2025
A08244 Grants a right of action where registration fees of residential mortgages in default are imposed on the mortgagor; increases fee amount authorized to be imposed on mortgagees or their agents. In Committee 05/05/2025
A08289 Relates to intrusions upon lands owned or occupied by any nation, tribe or band of Indians, and to drug trafficking activities within Indian lands; provides that the district attorney of a county in which reservation lands are situated, upon application of a person designated by the laws of a nation, tribe or band to make such application, shall make complaint of intrusions on such lands and cause intruders to be removed; provides that the governor, the superintendent of state police, a sheriff In Committee 05/09/2025
A08291 Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code, applicable housing standards, the building code, or the health code; relates to the number of housing judges assigned to certain actions. In Committee 05/09/2025
A08296 Relates to recurring payments to the non-custodial parent in special circumstances in child support proceedings involving joint or shared custody of children. In Committee 05/12/2025
A08297 Establishes a pilot program to provide alternative dispute resolution and navigator services to litigants in child support matters in the family court under the auspices of the community dispute resolution center program. In Committee 05/12/2025
A08298 Relates to the time limit for appeals in all categories of family court cases and the filing of objections to support magistrate determinations in child support, paternity and parentage proceedings in family court. Crossed Over 05/12/2025
A08299 Sets the effectiveness and duration of automatic orders in matrimonial actions. In Committee 05/12/2025
A08300 Relates to the computation and allocation of the commissions of trustees of charitable trusts. In Committee 05/12/2025
A08301 Relates to guardians of persons who are intellectually and developmentally disabled; repeals certain provisions relating thereto. In Committee 05/12/2025
A08302 Expands the acceptable uses of affirmations in civil actions. In Committee 05/12/2025
A08303 Provides that a foreign corporation's application for authority to do business in this state constitutes consent to jurisdiction of the courts of this state and a surrender of such application constitutes withdrawal of such consent. In Committee 05/12/2025
A08304 Relates to adjournments in contemplation of dismissal and suspended judgments in child protective proceedings in the family court. In Committee 05/12/2025
A08305 Relates to expenses in matrimonial actions; establishes there is a rebuttable presumption that certain itemized bills or invoices shall be admissible in evidence. In Committee 05/12/2025
A08306 Increases the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent. In Committee 05/12/2025
A08318 Authorizes a requirement of pro bono service as a condition of admission to the bar or attorney registration; exempts pro bono work performed pursuant to an agreement with the federal government if the federal government designates the recipients of the pro bono work or type or types or nature of such legal services. In Committee 05/13/2025
A08346 Expands mechanic's liens on real property to include certain legal work for attorneys and design work for engineers and architects which relates to permits and zoning approvals for such real property. In Committee 05/13/2025
A08385 Decreases the amount of time courts can imprison an individual for the non-payment of child support to five days per each failure to obey any lawful order of support and not to exceed thirty days total; requires courts to order alternatives to imprisonment prior to imprisoning an individual for the non-payment of child support. In Committee 05/13/2025
A08389 Relates to the calculation of child support; provides that child support amounts shall be calculated based on the non-custodial parent's income; excludes health insurance costs and federal and state income taxes paid from the calculation of income for child support calculation purposes; makes related provisions. In Committee 05/13/2025
A08403 Relates to prosecution by the department of financial services (DFS) and municipalities of certain violations regarding residential real property by mortgage lenders and similar entities; directs DFS to promulgate standards of review of whether to prosecute such violations; requires deference to municipalities where both the municipality and DFS are authorized to prosecute such a violation; directs payments of civil penalties issued pursuant to such violations to be paid to DFS if DFS is the pro In Committee 05/13/2025
A08407 Relates to requiring certain records checks in child custody proceedings involving orders of protection; repeals certain provisions relating thereto. Crossed Over 05/13/2025
A08408 Allows certain methods for service of process including by electronic means. In Committee 05/13/2025
A08421 Provides that arbitration awards in consumer and employment disputes, where the arbitration is conducted pursuant to a contract, shall include all issues in dispute and the arbitrator's findings of fact and conclusions of law. In Committee 05/15/2025
A08422 Updates the fee collected by county clerks and clerks for the city of New York for deposit into the cultural education account from $15 to $30; increases the amount retained by the county or city from $0.75 to $1.00. In Committee 05/15/2025
A08430 Requires principals to make a good faith effort to identify and notify co-trustees and co-beneficiaries of the signing of a power of attorney including the identity of the agent where the agent is not a co-trustee or co-beneficiary. In Committee 05/15/2025
A08437 Renames the supreme court the superior court and the court of appeals the supreme court. In Committee 05/16/2025
A08438 Permits the town of Tuxedo to file liens on real property related to the towns sewage-works corporation. In Committee 05/16/2025
A08514 Authorizes certified school psychologists to participate in the certification of certain persons as intellectually disabled or developmentally disabled; makes technical corrections to language. In Committee 05/20/2025
A08530 Authorizes the part-time judge of the city court of Lackawanna to reside anywhere in Erie county. In Committee 05/20/2025
A08546 Requires certification of filings produced using generative artificial intelligence; requires the brief of an appellant to contain a disclosure of the use of generative artificial intelligence in the drafting of the brief and certification that the content therein was reviewed and verified by a human. In Committee 05/20/2025
A08552 Relates to the enforcement of liens on personal property at self-storage facilities; requires enforcement of a lien by public sale; requires a delay in enforcement of a lien if the tenant is a service member who is transferred or deployed on active duty or if the tenant is deceased; requires 60 days notice if the property subject to the lien is a motor vehicle or watercraft; requires a storage facility to hold certain surplus funds. In Committee 05/20/2025
A08561 Increases the timeframe for guardianship hearings to thirty-five days. In Committee 05/20/2025
A08567 Requires New York city marshals to complete an electronic filing within one business day of service of a notice of eviction. In Committee 05/20/2025
A08611 Clarifies the right of publicity including the definitions of who and what qualifies as a digital replica; provides guidance as to digital replicas that do not violate an individual or deceased individual's right to publicity; expands the statute of limitations for an action brought for violating an individual's right to publicity. In Committee 05/22/2025
A08627 Changes the discount rate for structured judgments in medical malpractice actions. In Committee 05/22/2025
A08635 Exempts notice provisions for claims brought against a party for certain offenses including sex offenses, incest or the use of a child in a sexual performance. In Committee 05/22/2025
A08646 Clarifies that pretrial motions in limine are not required in order for deposition testimony to be introduced at trial. In Committee 05/22/2025
S00413 Makes the release of any claim by an employee, or independent contractor who is a natural person, against an employer, unenforceable if, as a condition of such resolution, the employee or independent contractor is prohibited from applying for, accepting, or engaging in future employment with such employer, or any entity or entities related to such employer. Crossed Over 03/24/2025
S00819 Makes various amendments to a chapter governing surrogacy programs and agreements. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/10/2025
S00916 Raises the minimum fee for temporary interpreters; requires that town and village courts share in the compensation of such temporary interpreters. Crossed Over 03/10/2025
S00925 Relates to penalties for failure to comply with maintenance and reporting of vacant and abandoned properties, and reporting and release of information; provides for the sharing of information between municipalities; provides for enforcement for failure to report on abandoned and vacant properties. Crossed Over 03/03/2025
S01015 Prohibits an individual convicted of a crime involving elder abuse from inheriting from the elder's estate as a distributee. Crossed Over 05/13/2025
S01142 Relates to the statute of limitations for actions based on discriminatory practices in employment; establishes action must be commenced within six years. Crossed Over 03/10/2025
S01261 Allows for no fault separation where the relationship between the spouses has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months; requires that issues of support and custody or visitation have been resolved. Crossed Over 03/05/2025
S01409 Relates to requiring certain town and village justices be admitted to practice law in the state; requires town and village justices in a town or village with a high arraignment volume be admitted to practice law in New York state for at least five years as of the date they commence the duties of office; provides the determination of a town or village with a high arraignment volume shall be made by the office of court administration in consultation with the division of criminal justice services. Crossed Over 05/22/2025
S01615 Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian in petitions to recover possession of real property and eviction warrants; seals any records pertaining to dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian who were residing on or removed from such property. Crossed Over 02/25/2025
S01728 Provides that court records in a proceeding under articles 77, 78 and 81 of the mental hygiene law shall not be perused, examined, disclosed, taken or copied by any other person than a party, the attorney or counsel of a party, the guardian, the court evaluator or the court examiner except by order of the court. Crossed Over 03/26/2025
S02122 Authorizes municipalities and the department of financial services to seek civil penalties for violations of the duty to maintain a foreclosed property in an amount of up to $650 per day for each day such violation persists after the judgement of foreclosure has been issued. Crossed Over 05/22/2025
S02305 Prohibits the entry of a judgment by confession on amounts due from one or more individuals for personal, family, household, consumer or non-business purposes and on a debt incurred if the principal amount of such debt was less than $5,000,000. Crossed Over 03/25/2025
S02422 Repeals provisions relating to allowing attorneys having offices in the state to reside in an adjoining state. Crossed Over 03/10/2025
S02494 Provides that certain allegations made by employees involving employment discrimination shall be protected and matters of public interest in actions involving public petition and participation. Crossed Over 04/09/2025
S02497 Permits the admissibility of testimony that a person reported acts of discrimination to another person in a civil trial under the human rights law, including the contents of such report. Crossed Over 03/05/2025
S02546 Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance. Crossed Over 05/12/2025
S02597 Establishes standards for public access to family court proceedings and when a judge can exclude individuals from proceedings. Crossed Over 03/26/2025
S03036 Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing the character fitness questionnaire from inquiring into an applicant's prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system under certain circumstances. Crossed Over 05/22/2025
S03690 Relates to adding certain notice requirements for enforcing liens on goods in self-storage facilities; extends the demand for payment period to 60 days. Crossed Over 04/09/2025
S03807 Requires that plaintiffs no longer have to prove that a sexual offense occurred on the premises of, chattels or property belonging to a corporate entity in action for negligent supervision. Crossed Over 04/08/2025
S04322 Relates to creating a private right of action for unconsented removal or tampering with a sexually protective device. Crossed Over 04/02/2025
S04423 Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought. Crossed Over 05/28/2025
S04611 Provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft; relates to penalties for certain wage violations. Crossed Over 03/05/2025
S04957 Provides for review of bail data reports by the state commission on judicial conduct to study such reports for evidence of bias or prejudice by any judge or justice, and where appropriate based on such reports, to initiate, investigate, and hear complaints and otherwise comment on matters of bias and prejudice evidenced therein. Crossed Over 05/22/2025
S04999 Provides for the disqualification of a surviving spouse if the marriage is annulled or voided after the death of the spouse. Crossed Over 03/05/2025
S05177 Requires notaries public and commissioners of deeds to complete and retain certain documents relating to the transfer of residential real property; relates to forgery and offering a false document concerning residential real property. Crossed Over 03/20/2025
S05278 Relates to establishing new fee rates for large estates; raises the fee rate for estates with a value over $5,000,000 to $10,000. Crossed Over 04/29/2025
S05285 Relates to persons who may become a voluntary administrator; includes fiduciaries of a deceased distributee, or a competent adult who is not a distributee upon the filed consent of all competent distributees as persons who can become a voluntary administrator prior to the chief fiscal officer of the county becoming such. Crossed Over 05/12/2025
S05286 Prohibits self-service facility owners from enforcing liens, by private or public sale, on personal property held in a self-storage facility during state disaster emergencies or county states of emergency. Crossed Over 04/09/2025
S05559 Creates, in addition to the existing sanction of criminal contempt of court, the remedies of labor law civil penalties and employee's right to bring civil action for unlawful discharge, penalty or discrimination on account of the exercise by an employee of a juror's right to be absent from employment by reason of jury service. Crossed Over 03/20/2025
S06244 Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act". Crossed Over 04/29/2025
S06739 Standardizes the language across the relevant court acts to allow tenants statewide to sue in the county where the real property at issue is located in matters relating to a tenancy or lease; requires the Office of Court Administration to develop necessary forms, procedures and deliver a report. Crossed Over 05/12/2025
S07120 Enacts the "New York land-home property act"; relates to manufactured homes certificate of title and the conveyance and encumbrance of manufactured homes as real property. Crossed Over 05/06/2025