S9582 • 2025

Relates to persons ineligible to act as a fiduciary

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Sponsor: Kristen Gonzalez
Last action: 2026-05-12
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to persons ineligible to act as a fiduciary

Relates to persons ineligible to act as a fiduciary Removes being unable to read and write the English language as a reason a court may declare someone ineligible to act as a fiduciary.

What This Bill Does

Relates to persons ineligible to act as a fiduciary Removes being unable to read and write the English language as a reason a court may declare someone ineligible to act as a fiduciary.

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Bill History

2026-05-12 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-05-12 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-05-12 Assembly
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
2026-05-07 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-06 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-05 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.913
2026-03-26 Senate
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Official Summary Text

Relates to persons ineligible to act as a fiduciary
Removes being unable to read and write the English language as a reason a court may declare someone ineligible to act as a fiduciary.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          9582

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 26, 2026
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court  procedure  act,  in  relation  to
          persons ineligible to act as a fiduciary

          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  707  of  the  surrogate's  court
     2  procedure act, as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 2021, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    2.  Persons  ineligible  in  court's discretion. The court may declare
     5  ineligible to act as fiduciary[:
     6    (a) a person unable to read and write the English language; or
     7    (b)] an individual convicted of a felony whose crime may be adverse to
     8  the welfare of the estate, including but not limited to, crimes such  as
     9  embezzlement or any crime where there was a misappropriation of money or
    10  a breach of fiduciary duty.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13214-01-5