STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7801--A Cal. No. 946 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE December 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to requir- ing proof of service to include the server's perception of various characteristics of the recipient in the description of the person to whom personal service of a summons was delivered The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "stop civil discrimination act". 3 § 2. Subdivision (b) of rule 306 of the civil practice law and rules, 4 as amended by chapter 103 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 (b) Personal service. Whenever service is made pursuant to this arti- 7 cle by delivery of the summons to an individual, proof of service shall 8 also include, in addition to any other requirement, a description of the 9 person to whom it was so delivered, including, but not limited to, [sex, 10 color of skin] the process server's perception of the person's: gender, 11 race, hair color, approximate age, approximate weight and height, and 12 other identifying features. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13038-05-4