Senate Bill S7669

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to a civil cause of action for human trafficking

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee


  • 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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2019-S7669 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9772
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §483-bb, Soc Serv L; amd §212, CPLR
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S672, A3186

2019-S7669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a civil cause of action for human trafficking; allows for actions relating to human trafficking to be commenced within fifteen years after the victimization has occurred.

2019-S7669 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7669
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law and the civil practice  law  and
   rules, in relation to a civil cause of action for human trafficking
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 483-bb of  the  social  services
 law,  as  amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (c) (I) An individual who is a victim of  the  conduct  prohibited  by
 section  230.33, 230.34, 230.34-a, 135.35 or 135.37 of the penal law may
 bring a civil  action  against  the  perpetrator  or  whoever  knowingly
 advances  or  profits  from,  or whoever should have known he or she was
 advancing or profiting from, an act  in  violation  of  section  230.33,
 230.34,  230.34-a,  135.35 or 135.37 of the penal law to recover ACTUAL,
 COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE damages [and], INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, ANY COMBINA-
 TION OF THOSE OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE RELIEF,  AS  WELL  AS  reasonable
 attorney's fees.
   (II) AN ACTION BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE COMMENCED
 WITHIN  FIFTEEN  YEARS  OF  THE DATE ON WHICH THE TRAFFICKING VICTIM WAS
 FREED FROM THE TRAFFICKING SITUATION OR, IF THE VICTIM WAS A MINOR  WHEN
 THE ACT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AGAINST THE VICTIM OCCURRED, WITHIN FIFTEEN
 YEARS AFTER THE DATE THE VICTIM ATTAINS THE AGE OF MAJORITY.
   (III)  IF  A  PERSON ENTITLED TO SUE IS UNDER A DISABILITY AT THE TIME
 THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES SO THAT IT IS  IMPOSSIBLE  OR  IMPRACTICABLE
 FOR  HIM  OR  HER TO BRING AN ACTION UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TIME OF
 THE DISABILITY IS NOT PART OF THE TIME LIMITED FOR THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF
 THE  ACTION.  DISABILITY WILL TOLL THE RUNNING OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITA-
 TIONS FOR THIS ACTION.
   (A) DISABILITY INCLUDES BEING A MINOR, LACKING LEGAL CAPACITY TO  MAKE
 DECISIONS, IMPRISONMENT, OR OTHER INCAPACITY OR INCOMPETENCE.
   (B) THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT RUN AGAINST A VICTIM WHO IS A
 MINOR OR WHO LACKS THE LEGAL COMPETENCE TO MAKE DECISIONS SIMPLY BECAUSE
 A GUARDIAN AD LITEM HAS BEEN APPOINTED. A GUARDIAN AD LITEM'S FAILURE TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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