New York 2009-2010 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee Bills & Legislation (Page 27)

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05398

Introduced
3/3/23  
Refer
3/3/23  
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.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08201

Introduced
1/12/24  
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.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08213

Introduced
1/12/24  
Repeals and reenacts statute of limitation provisions on wrongful death, personal injury and property damage actions against professional engineers, architects, landscape architects, land surveyors and construction contractors to provide for a limitations period of ten years after completion of improvement to real property; "completion", which constitutes the accrual date for the limitations period, is defined; provides for a one year extension for injuries to person or property or wrongful death which occur during the tenth year after completion.
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New York Senate Bill S08177

Introduced
1/11/24  
Relates to requiring landlords of certain properties to furnish New York homes and community renewal with data pertaining to succession rights.
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New York Senate Bill S08222

Introduced
1/16/24  
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.
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New York Senate Bill S08339

Introduced
1/18/24  
Refer
1/18/24  
Engrossed
5/29/24  
Establishes standards for public access to family court proceedings and when a judge can exclude individuals from proceedings.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08346

Introduced
1/19/24  
Refer
1/19/24  
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.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08399

Introduced
1/26/24  
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.
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New York Senate Bill S00160

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Report Pass
1/17/23  
Engrossed
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
5/20/24  
Refer
5/20/24  
Engrossed
6/3/24  
Relates to audio-visual coverage of judicial proceedings; 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.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00180

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Establishes security deposit options for certain tenants, including but not limited to, an option to pay any deposit or advance to rent or use residential real property or a dwelling unit.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00072

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Refer
2/7/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Prohibits persons convicted of murder or sentenced to life without parole or where the defendant acting either alone or with one or more other persons, commits or attempts to commit robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse, escape in the first degree, or escape in the second degree, and, in the course of and in furtherance of such crime or of immediate flight therefrom, he or she, or another participant, if there be any, intentionally causes the death of: a police officer; a peace officer; a firefighter, emergency medical technician, ambulance driver, paramedic, physician or registered nurse involved in a first response team, or any other individual who, in the course of official duties, performs emergency response; or an employee of a state correctional institution or was an employee of a local correctional facility, when such person was engaged in the course of performing their official duties, from being eligible for commutation of sentence.
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New York Senate Bill S00139

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Engrossed
6/6/23  
Refer
6/6/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
5/16/24  
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.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00108

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Provides that no person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof; provides no person shall, because of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, creed, religion, or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, reproductive healthcare and autonomy, be subjected to any discrimination in their civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state.
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New York Senate Bill S00017

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
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.
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New York Senate Bill S00150

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Engrossed
5/15/23  
Refer
5/15/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
5/30/24  
Prohibits state reimbursement of campaign and political committees, or legal defense funds, for payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state employee.