S9428 • 2025

Relates to voiding certain agreements conditioning the right of a subcontractor's or material supplier's right to commence a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding for breach of contract or quantum meruit

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Sponsor: Christopher Ryan
Last action: 2026-06-05
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to voiding certain agreements conditioning the right of a subcontractor's or material supplier's right to commence a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding for breach of contract or quantum meruit

Relates to voiding certain agreements conditioning the right of a subcontractor's or material supplier's right to commence a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding for breach of contract or quantum meruit Voids agreements conditioning the right of a subcontractor's or material supplier's right to commence a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding for breach of contract or quantum meruit.

What This Bill Does

Relates to voiding certain agreements conditioning the right of a subcontractor's or material supplier's right to commence a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding for breach of contract or quantum meruit Voids agreements conditioning the right of a subcontractor's or material supplier's right to commence a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding for breach of contract or quantum meruit.

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Bill History

2026-06-05 Senate
COMMITTED TO RULES
2026-05-21 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-20 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-19 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1184
2026-03-11 Senate
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Official Summary Text

Relates to voiding certain agreements conditioning the right of a subcontractor's or material supplier's right to commence a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding for breach of contract or quantum meruit
Voids agreements conditioning the right of a subcontractor's or material supplier's right to commence a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding for breach of contract or quantum meruit.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9428

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 11, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the general obligations  law,  in  relation  to  voiding
          certain  agreements  conditioning  the  right  of a subcontractor's or
          material  supplier's  right  to  commence  a  lawsuit  or  arbitration
          proceeding for breach of contract or quantum meruit

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 5-322.1 of the general obligations
     2  law, as added by chapter 224 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read  as
     3  follows:
     4    2.   A  covenant,  promise,  agreement  or  understanding  in,  or  in
     5  connection with or collateral to a contract or agreement relative to the
     6  construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of  a  building,  struc-
     7  ture,  appurtenances  and  appliances  including  moving, demolition and
     8  excavating connected therewith, purporting to  condition  a  subcontrac-
     9  tor's  or [materialman's] MATERIAL SUPPLIER'S right to (A) file a claim,
    10  (B) COMMENCE A LAWSUIT OR ARBITRATION PROCEEDING FOR BREACH OF  CONTRACT
    11  OR  QUANTUM  MERUIT,  and/or (C) commence an action on a payment bond on
    12  exhaustion of another legal remedy is against public policy and is  void
    13  and  unenforceable;  provided that this subdivision shall not affect the
    14  validity of any insurance contract, workers' compensation  agreement  or
    15  other agreement issued by an admitted insurer.
    16    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
    17  contracts entered into, renewed, modified or amended on  or  after  such
    18  effective date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15149-01-6