Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 23, 2021 |
signed chap.309 |
Jul 21, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
May 26, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly |
May 25, 2021 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.103 substituted for a2520 |
Mar 16, 2021 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 01, 2021 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 24, 2021 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 23, 2021 |
1st report cal.408 |
Jan 15, 2021 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S1789
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, IP, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
2021-S1789 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S1789 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1789 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to estab- lishing that domestic violence advocates may not disclose any communi- cation made by a client to the advocate except in certain circumstances PURPOSE: To establish in the law a domestic violence advocate-victim privilege. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 4510 of the civil practice law and rules, as added by chapter 432 of the laws of 1993 and subdivision (d) as amended by section 49 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, to add definitions for "domestic violence program" and "domestic violence advo- cate" and provide that the rape crisis counselor-victim privilege is extended to domestic violence advocates.
2021-S1789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1789 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 15, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN, KAPLAN, KENNEDY, LIU, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to estab- lishing that domestic violence advocates may not disclose any communi- cation made by a client to the advocate except in certain circum- stances THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4510 of the civil practice law and rules, as added by chapter 432 of the laws of 1993 and subdivision (d) as amended by section 49 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: § 4510. Rape crisis counselor OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATE. (a) Definitions. When used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Rape crisis program" means any office, institution or center which has been approved pursuant to subdivision fifteen of section two hundred six of the public health law, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER 432 OF THE LAWS OF 1993, offering counseling and assistance to clients concerning sexual offenses, sexual abuses or incest. 2. "Rape crisis counselor" means any person who has been certified by an approved rape crisis program as having satisfied the training stand- ards specified in subdivision fifteen of section two hundred six of the public health law, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER 432 OF THE LAWS OF 1993, and who, regardless of compensation, is acting under the direction and super- vision of an approved rape crisis program. 3. "Client" means (I) any person who is seeking or receiving the services of a rape crisis counselor for the purpose of securing coun- seling or assistance concerning any sexual offenses, sexual abuse, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00042-01-1
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