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S9848 • 2025

Relates to the contents of claims

Relates to the contents of claims

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Sponsor
Julia Salazar
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Relates to the contents of claims

Relates to the contents of claims Provides exceptions from the requirement of specificity in pleadings in certain cases involving sexual offenses.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to the contents of claims Provides exceptions from the requirement of specificity in pleadings in certain cases involving sexual offenses.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-05-11 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-05-11 Assembly

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

  4. 2026-05-07 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-05-06 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-05-05 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.918

  7. 2026-04-08 Senate

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Official Summary Text

Relates to the contents of claims
Provides exceptions from the requirement of specificity in pleadings in certain cases involving sexual offenses.

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

                                          9848

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      April 8, 2026
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the court of claims act, in relation to the contents  of
          claims

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

     1    Section 1. Section 11 of the court of claims act is amended by  adding
     2  two new subdivisions e and f to read as follows:
     3    E.  SUBDIVISION  B  OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A CLAIM BROUGHT
     4  AGAINST ANY PARTY ALLEGING INTENTIONAL OR NEGLIGENT ACTS OR OMISSIONS BY
     5  A PERSON FOR PHYSICAL,  PSYCHOLOGICAL,  OR  OTHER  INJURY  OR  CONDITION
     6  SUFFERED  AS A RESULT OF CONDUCT WHICH WOULD CONSTITUTE A SEXUAL OFFENSE
     7  AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW  COMMITTED
     8  AGAINST  A CHILD, INCEST AS DEFINED IN SECTION 255.25, 255.26, OR 255.27
     9  OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD, OR THE USE OF A CHILD  IN  A
    10  SEXUAL  PERFORMANCE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 263.05 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR A
    11  PREDECESSOR STATUTE THAT PROHIBITED SUCH CONDUCT AT THE TIME OF THE ACT,
    12  WHICH CONDUCT WAS COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD.
    13    F. SUBDIVISION B OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO  A  CLAIM  BROUGHT
    14  AGAINST ANY PARTY ALLEGING INTENTIONAL OR NEGLIGENT ACTS OR OMISSIONS BY
    15  A  PERSON  FOR  PHYSICAL,  PSYCHOLOGICAL,  OR  OTHER INJURY OR CONDITION
    16  SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF CONDUCT WHICH WOULD CONSTITUTE A SEXUAL  OFFENSE
    17  AS  DEFINED  IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW OR INCEST AS
    18  DEFINED IN SECTION 255.25, 255.26, OR 255.27 OF THE PENAL LAW  COMMITTED
    19  AGAINST ANY PERSON WHO WAS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to:
    21    (a) any claim commenced on or after the effective date of this act;
    22    (b) any claim pending on or after the effective date of this act; and
    23    (c)  any  claim that was dismissed prior to the effective date of this
    24  act for failure to specify the nature of the claim,  the  time  when  it
    25  arose, the place where it arose, the items of damage or injuries claimed
    26  to  have  been  sustained,  or the total sum claimed, provided that such
    27  dismissal is being appealed or can be appealed as of the effective  date
    28  of this act.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11837-07-6