Senate Bill S1422

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Expands eligibility for crime victims' compensation to include domestic partners

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1422 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S629
2013-2014: S215
2015-2016: S584
2017-2018: S153, S7012
2019-2020: S4958

2009-S1422 - Summary

Expands eligibility for those who receive awards under crime victims' compensation to include a domestic partner; defines domestic partner; further provides for out-of-pocket loss to include the cost of counseling for surviving family members of homicide victims.

2009-S1422 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1422 - Bill Text download pdf

                            

              

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2009-S1422A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S629
2013-2014: S215
2015-2016: S584
2017-2018: S153, S7012
2019-2020: S4958

2009-S1422A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands eligibility for those who receive awards under crime victims' compensation to include a domestic partner; defines domestic partner; further provides for out-of-pocket loss to include the cost of counseling for surviving family members of homicide victims.

2009-S1422A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1422A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

    S. 1422--A                                            A. 4089--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2009
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced by Sens. SCHNEIDERMAN, ADAMS, BRESLIN, DUANE,
  KRUEGER, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, SAMPSON, SAVINO, STAVISKY,  THOMPSON  --
  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Crime  Victims,  Crime  and  Correction  --  reported
  favorably  from  said  committee  and  committed  to  the Committee on
  Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, GOTTFRIED, PERRY, SPANO --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, COLTON, DINOWITZ, JACOBS,  JOHN,
  O'DONNELL, SWEENEY, WEINSTEIN, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee  on  Governmental  Operations  -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to eligibility of domes-
  tic partners for compensation from the crime victims' board

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 624 of the execu-
tive  law,  as amended by chapter 427 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
read as follows:
  (b) a surviving spouse OR DOMESTIC PARTNER, grandparent, parent, step-
parent, child or stepchild of a victim of a crime who died as  a  direct
result of such crime;
  S  2.  Section  624  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  "DOMESTIC  PARTNER"  MEANS  A
PERSON WHO, WITH RESPECT TO ANOTHER PERSON:
  (A) IS FORMALLY A PARTY IN A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP OR SIMILAR RELATION-
SHIP  WITH  THE  OTHER  PERSON, ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES OR OF ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN JURISDICTION, OR  REGIS-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
SA                                                         LBD04517-02-9
              

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