NY State Senate Bill 2019-S5711B

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Jul 15, 2020	print number 5711b
Jul 15, 2020	amend and recommit to judiciary
Jul 14, 2020	print number 5711a
Jul 14, 2020	amend (t) and recommit to judiciary
Jan 08, 2020	referred to judiciary
May 13, 2019	referred to judiciary

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2019-S5711 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6662
Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §413, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S1399, A888
2023-2024: S3158, A1581

2019-S5711 - Summary

Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act; relates to making clergy members required reporters of child abuse or mistreatment.

2019-S5711 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5711

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the civil practice law and rules and
the social services law, in relation to the "child abuse reporting
expansion (CARE) act"

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill adds clergy members to the list of mandatory reporters of
child abuse and maltreatment, and clarifies that this mandatory report-
ing requirement supersedes any claim of clergy privilege relating to
such abuse.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 states that this act shall be known as the "child abuse
reporting expansion (CARE) act".

Section 2 amends section 4505 of the civil practice law and rules to
exempt communications regarding child abuse and maltreatment from the

scope of  the clergy privilege.

Section 3 amends section 413 of the social services law to add clergy
members as mandatory reporters of child abuse and maltreatment and
expands mandatory reporting obligations.

Section 4 amends section 420 of the social services law to increase the
penalties to mandatory reporters for failure to report second and subse-
quent offenses and adds penalties for mandatory reporters of child abuse
who act as part of a plan or scheme to conceal the abuse or maltreat-
ment.

Section 5 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York's recently enacted Child Victims Act allows child victims of
sexual abuse, who were previously time-barred by the statute of limita-
tions, the opportunity to file lawsuits concerning their abuse up to age
55. While this is an important step in ensuring prior victims of child
sexual abuse are made whole, it is also imperative that we close the
loopholes in our law that permitted such abuse to exist undetected for
decades. One way to do that is to ensure that clergy members be added to
the list of mandatory reporters of child abuse and maltreatment. Clergy
members are not included in the otherwise extensive list of profes-
sionals required to report suspected cases of child abuse. It is also
important to make clear that this mandatory reporting requirement would
supersede any currently-existing prohibition on the disclosure of privi-
leged clergy communications. Under current law, clergy are prohibited
from disclosing any communications made to them relating to child sexual
abuse or maltreatment, when such communications are made confidentially
in the scope of their professional character as a spiritual advisor.

The proposed changes prioritize the protection of children from all
forms of abuse and maltreatment and help to prevent future victimization
of children. Creating a bright line-rule for mandatory reporting takes
the decision-making power regarding assertion of privilege out of the
hands of individual clergy and ensures that any clergy who learns of a
child being abused or mistreated will have the obligation to report that
abuse.

Currently, 28 states include clergy members as those specifically
mandated by law to report child abuse or neglect, while 6 states qualify
clergy privilege in cases of such abuse. Making these same requirements
of clergy members within New York furthers the paramount priority of the
state to protect our children from abuse and maltreatment, and prevent
abuse from occurring in the future.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S5711 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5711
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 and the social services
   law, in relation to the "child abuse reporting expansion (CARE) act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "child
 abuse reporting expansion (CARE) act".
   § 2. Section 4505 of the civil practice law and rules, as  amended  by
 chapter 520 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4505.  Confidential  communication to clergy privileged. Unless the
 person confessing or confiding waives the privilege, a [clergyman] CLER-
 GY MEMBER, or other minister of any religion or duly  accredited  Chris-
 tian Science practitioner, shall not be allowed TO disclose a confession
 or  confidence made to him OR HER in his OR HER professional [character]
 CAPACITY as spiritual advisor, EXCEPT WHEN THE CONFESSION OR  CONFIDENCE
 RELATES  TO  A  MATTER  INVOLVING ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT OF A MINOR. SUCH
 PRIVILEGE SHALL NOT BE GROUNDS FOR FAILURE TO REPORT A CASE OF SUSPECTED
 CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION FOUR  HUNDRED  THIR-
 TEEN  OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, AND SHALL NOT BE GROUNDS FOR EXCLUDING
 EVIDENCE OF CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT FROM ANY EXAMINATION, TRIAL,  OR
 OTHER  JUDICIAL  PROCEEDING  IN  WHICH  THE  COMMISSION OF SUCH ABUSE OR
 MALTREATMENT IS A SUBJECT OF INQUIRY.
   § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  413  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended  by section 7 of part C of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) The following persons and officials  are  required  to  report  or
 cause  a  report to be made in accordance with this title when they have
 reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming  before  them  in  their
 professional  or  official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or
 when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused  or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10180-02-9

 S. 5711                             2
 
 maltreated  child  where  the  parent,  guardian,  custodian [or], other
 person legally responsible for such child OR  OTHER  PERSON  RELATED  OR
 UNRELATED TO SUCH CHILD comes before them in their professional or offi-
 cial  capacity  and  states from personal knowledge facts, conditions or
 circumstances which, if correct, would render the  child  an  abused  or
 maltreated   child:   any  physician;  registered  physician  assistant;
 surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist;  dental  hygienist;  osteo-
 path;  optometrist; chiropractor; podiatrist; resident; intern; psychol-
 ogist; registered nurse; social worker;  emergency  medical  technician;
 licensed  creative  arts  therapist; licensed marriage and family thera-
 pist; licensed mental health counselor; licensed psychoanalyst; licensed
 behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst assistant; hospital person-
 nel engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment of persons;
 a Christian Science practitioner; CLERGY MEMBER OR OTHER MINISTER OF ANY
 RELIGION; school official, which includes but is not limited  to  school
 teacher,  school  guidance counselor, school psychologist, school social
 worker, school nurse, school administrator  or  other  school  personnel
 required  to  hold  a teaching or administrative license or certificate;
 full or part-time compensated school employee required to hold a  tempo-
 rary  coaching  license  or  professional  coaching  certificate; social
 services worker; employee of a  publicly-funded  emergency  shelter  for
 families  with children; director of a children's overnight camp, summer
 day camp or traveling summer day camp, as  such  camps  are  defined  in
 section  thirteen  hundred ninety-two of the public health law; day care
 center worker; school-age child care worker; provider of family or group
 family day care; employee or volunteer in a  residential  care  facility
 for  children  that  is licensed, certified or operated by the office of
 children and family services; or any other child  care  or  foster  care
 worker;  mental health professional; substance abuse counselor; alcohol-
 ism counselor; all persons credentialed by the office of alcoholism  and
 substance  abuse  services;  employees, who are expected to have regular
 and substantial contact with children, of a health home or  health  home
 care  management  agency contracting with a health home as designated by
 the department of health and  authorized  under  section  three  hundred
 sixty-five-l  of  this  chapter  or  such employees who provide home and
 community based services  under  a  demonstration  program  pursuant  to
 section  eleven  hundred  fifteen of the federal social security act who
 are expected to have regular  and  substantial  contact  with  children;
 peace  officer;  police officer; district attorney or assistant district
 attorney; investigator employed in the office of a district attorney; or
 other law enforcement official.
   § 4.  Section 420 of the social services law, as added by chapter 1039
 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
   § 420.  Penalties for failure to report.  1.  Any person, official  or
 institution  required  by this title to report a case of suspected child
 abuse or maltreatment who willfully fails to do so shall be guilty of  a
 class  A  misdemeanor  FOR  A  FIRST  OFFENSE AND A CLASS E FELONY FOR A
 SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
   2.  ANY PERSON, OFFICIAL OR INSTITUTION  REQUIRED  BY  THIS  TITLE  TO
 REPORT  A CASE OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT WHO ACTS AS PART
 OF A PLAN OR SCHEME HAVING AS ITS OBJECT THE PREVENTION OF DISCOVERY  OF
 CHILD  ABUSE  OR  MALTREATMENT  BY LAWFUL AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 PROTECTING OR INSULATING  ANY  PERSON,  OFFICIAL,  OR  INSTITUTION  FROM
 ARREST  OR  PROSECUTION,  SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR A
 FIRST OFFENSE AND A CLASS E FELONY FOR A SECOND OR  SUBSEQUENT  OFFENSE,

 S. 5711                             3
 
 REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER THE SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE INVOLVES ANY OF
 THE SAME FACTS OR PERSONS AS THE FIRST OR OTHER PRIOR OFFENSE.
   3.  Any  person,  official  or  institution  required by this title to
 report a case of suspected child abuse or maltreatment who knowingly and
 willfully fails to do so shall be civilly liable for the damages  proxi-
 mately caused by such failure.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S5711A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6662
Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §413, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S1399, A888
2023-2024: S3158, A1581

2019-S5711A - Summary

Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act; relates to making clergy members required reporters of child abuse or mistreatment.

2019-S5711A - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5711A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5711--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary  --  recommitted
   to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
   "child abuse reporting expansion act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "child
 abuse reporting expansion act".
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  413  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended  by section 7 of part C of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) The following persons and officials  are  required  to  report  or
 cause  a  report to be made in accordance with this title when they have
 reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming  before  them  in  their
 professional  or  official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or
 when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused  or
 maltreated  child  where  the  parent,  guardian,  custodian [or], other
 person legally responsible for such child comes  before  them  in  their
 professional  or  official  capacity  and states from personal knowledge
 facts, conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would  render  the
 child an abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician
 assistant;  surgeon;  medical examiner; coroner; dentist; dental hygien-
 ist; osteopath; optometrist; chiropractor; podiatrist; resident; intern;
 psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical techni-
 cian; licensed creative arts therapist;  licensed  marriage  and  family
 therapist;  licensed  mental  health  counselor; licensed psychoanalyst;
 licensed behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst assistant;  hospi-
 tal  personnel  engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10180-05-0

 S. 5711--A                          2
 
 of persons; a Christian Science practitioner;  CLERGY  MEMBER  OR  OTHER
 MINISTER  OF  ANY  RELIGION;  school official, which includes but is not
 limited to school teacher, school guidance  counselor,  school  psychol-
 ogist, school social worker, school nurse, school administrator or other
 school  personnel  required to hold a teaching or administrative license
 or certificate; full or part-time compensated school  employee  required
 to  hold  a  temporary coaching license or professional coaching certif-
 icate; social services worker; employee of a  publicly-funded  emergency
 shelter  for  families with children; director of a children's overnight
 camp, summer day camp or traveling summer day camp, as  such  camps  are
 defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of the public health law;
 day care center worker; school-age child care worker; provider of family
 or  group  family  day care; employee or volunteer in a residential care
 facility for children that is licensed, certified  or  operated  by  the
 office  of  children  and  family  services;  or any other child care or
 foster care worker; mental health professional; substance abuse  counse-
 lor;  alcoholism  counselor;  all  persons credentialed by the office of
 alcoholism and substance abuse services; employees, who are expected  to
 have  regular and substantial contact with children, of a health home or
 health home care management agency contracting with  a  health  home  as
 designated  by  the  department  of  health and authorized under section
 three hundred sixty-five-l of this chapter or such employees who provide
 home and community based services under a demonstration program pursuant
 to section eleven hundred fifteen of the federal social security act who
 are expected to have regular  and  substantial  contact  with  children;
 peace  officer;  police officer; district attorney or assistant district
 attorney; investigator employed in the office of a district attorney; or
 other law enforcement official.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S5711B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6662
Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §413, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S1399, A888
2023-2024: S3158, A1581

2019-S5711B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act; relates to making clergy members required reporters of child abuse or mistreatment.

2019-S5711B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5711B

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
"child abuse reporting expansion act"

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill adds clergy members to the list of mandated reporters of
suspected child abuse and maltreatment.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 states that this act shall be known as the "child abuse
reporting expansion (CARE) act".

Section 2 amends section 413 of the social services law to add clergy
members as mandated reporters of suspected child abuse and maltreatment.

Section 3 amends section 413 of the social services law to clarify
matters relating to certain privileges.

Section 4 provides the effective date.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

The amended version adds a new section 3.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York's recently enacted Child Victims Act allows child victims of
sexual abuse, who were previously time-barred by the statute of limita-
tions, the opportunity to file lawsuits concerning their abuse up to age
55. While this is an important step in ensuring prior victims of child
sexual abuse are made whole, it is also imperative that we close the
loopholes in our law that permitted such abuse to exist undetected for
decades. One way to do that is to ensure that clergy members be added to
the list of mandatory reporters of child abuse and maltreatment. Clergy
members are not included in the otherwise extensive list of profes-
sionals required to report suspected cases of child abuse.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S5711B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5711--B
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary  --  recommitted
   to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
   "child abuse reporting expansion act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "child
 abuse reporting expansion act".
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  413  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended  by section 7 of part C of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) The following persons and officials  are  required  to  report  or
 cause  a  report to be made in accordance with this title when they have
 reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming  before  them  in  their
 professional  or  official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or
 when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused  or
 maltreated  child  where  the  parent,  guardian,  custodian [or], other
 person legally responsible for such child comes  before  them  in  their
 professional  or  official  capacity  and states from personal knowledge
 facts, conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would  render  the
 child an abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician
 assistant;  surgeon;  medical examiner; coroner; dentist; dental hygien-
 ist; osteopath; optometrist; chiropractor; podiatrist; resident; intern;
 psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical techni-
 cian; licensed creative arts therapist;  licensed  marriage  and  family
 therapist;  licensed  mental  health  counselor; licensed psychoanalyst;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10180-08-0

 S. 5711--B                          2
 
 licensed behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst assistant;  hospi-
 tal  personnel  engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment
 of persons; a Christian Science practitioner;  CLERGY  MEMBER  OR  OTHER
 MINISTER  OF  ANY  RELIGION;  school official, which includes but is not
 limited to school teacher, school guidance  counselor,  school  psychol-
 ogist, school social worker, school nurse, school administrator or other
 school  personnel  required to hold a teaching or administrative license
 or certificate; full or part-time compensated school  employee  required
 to  hold  a  temporary coaching license or professional coaching certif-
 icate; social services worker; employee of a  publicly-funded  emergency
 shelter  for  families with children; director of a children's overnight
 camp, summer day camp or traveling summer day camp, as  such  camps  are
 defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of the public health law;
 day care center worker; school-age child care worker; provider of family
 or  group  family  day care; employee or volunteer in a residential care
 facility for children that is licensed, certified  or  operated  by  the
 office  of  children  and  family  services;  or any other child care or
 foster care worker; mental health professional; substance abuse  counse-
 lor;  alcoholism  counselor;  all  persons credentialed by the office of
 alcoholism and substance abuse services; employees, who are expected  to
 have  regular and substantial contact with children, of a health home or
 health home care management agency contracting with  a  health  home  as
 designated  by  the  department  of  health and authorized under section
 three hundred sixty-five-l of this chapter or such employees who provide
 home and community based services under a demonstration program pursuant
 to section eleven hundred fifteen of the federal social security act who
 are expected to have regular  and  substantial  contact  with  children;
 peace  officer;  police officer; district attorney or assistant district
 attorney; investigator employed in the office of a district attorney; or
 other law enforcement official.
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section  413  of  the  social  services  law  is
 amended by adding five new paragraphs (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) to read
 as follows:
   (E)  UNLESS THE PERSON CONFESSING OR CONFIDING WAIVES THE PRIVILEGE, A
 MEMBER OF THE CLERGY, OR OTHER MINISTER OF ANY RELIGION OR DULY  ACCRED-
 ITED  CHRISTIAN  SCIENCE  PRACTITIONER,  SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO MAKE A
 REPORT  AS  REQUIRED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  IF  THE
 CONFESSION  OR  CONFIDENCE  WAS MADE TO HIM OR HER IN HIS OR HER PROFES-
 SIONAL CHARACTER AS SPIRITUAL ADVISOR.
   (F) WHEN A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO SUSPECT THAT A
 CHILD IS AN ABUSED  OR  MALTREATED  CHILD  BASED  UPON  ANY  INFORMATION
 RECEIVED  OTHER THAN THROUGH A CONFESSION OR CONFIDENCE MADE PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THEN SUCH MEMBER OF THE CLERGY  SHALL
 PROMPTLY  MAKE A REPORT AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT HE OR SHE MAY HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A  REPORT
 OF  ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT THROUGH A CONFESSION OR CONFIDENCE MADE PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (G) THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  NOT  BE
 DEEMED  TO  EXEMPT A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY FROM ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF
 LAW TO PREVENT THE PERPETRATOR FROM COMMITTING ADDITIONAL ACTS OF ABUSE.
   (H) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION THE TERM "MEMBER OF THE CLER-
 GY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME DEFINITION AS THE TERM "CLERGYMAN" AS SET  FORTH
 IN  SECTION TWO OF THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS LAW AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE
 ANY PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY OF A RELI-
 GIOUS INSTITUTION OR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF  A  RELIGIOUS
 INSTITUTION.

 S. 5711--B                          3
 
   (I)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION THE TERM "RELIGIOUS INSTITU-
 TION" SHALL MEAN A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION CREATED TO ENABLE  ITS  MEMBERS
 TO  MEET  FOR DIVINE WORSHIP OR OTHER RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES OR A CONGRE-
 GATION, SOCIETY, OR OTHER ASSEMBLAGE OF PERSONS WHO  ARE  ACCUSTOMED  TO
 STATEDLY MEET FOR DIVINE WORSHIP OR OTHER RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES, WITHOUT
 HAVING BEEN INCORPORATED FOR THAT PURPOSE, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWO OF
 THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS LAW.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S5711B

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2019-S5711 - Details

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2019-S5711 - Sponsor Memo

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2019-S5711A - Details

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2019-S5711B (ACTIVE) - Details

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