Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 22, 2021 |
signed chap.729 |
Dec 10, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 10, 2021 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1790 substituted for s6656a |
Jun 03, 2021 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 02, 2021 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.311 rules report cal.311 reported |
May 26, 2021 |
reported referred to rules |
May 20, 2021 |
print number 4474a |
May 20, 2021 |
amend and recommit to judiciary |
Feb 04, 2021 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A4474A
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HUNTER
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
Bill Amendments
2021-A4474 - Details
2021-A4474 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4474 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to creat- ing an action for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a member of the armed forces THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new section 214-i to read as follows: § 214-I. ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH OR EXPOSURE TO TOXIC BURN PITS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AN ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO TOXIC BURN PITS WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN AFGHANISTAN, BAHRAIN, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CHAD, DIEGO GARCIA, DJIBOUTI, EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, GABON, GHANA, IRAQ, JORDAN, KENYA, KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LIBYA, MALI, NIGER, NIGERIA, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, SAUDI ARABIA, SOMALIA, SOUTH SUDAN, SUDAN, SYRIA, TAJIKISTAN, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UZBEKISTAN, AND YEMEN ON OR AFTER AUGUST SECOND, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY, MAY BE COMMENCED WITHIN TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE DISCOVERY OF SUCH INJURY, OR WITHIN TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE WHEN THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE THE CAUSE OF SUCH INJURY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED, WHICHEVER IS LATER. 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A PERSONAL INJURY INCLUDES, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING DISEASES: ASTHMA THAT WAS DIAG- NOSED AFTER SERVICE IN A COUNTRY OR TERRITORY LISTED, CANCER OF ANY TYPE, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, CONSTRICTIVE BRONCHIOLITIS OR OBLITERATIVE BRONCHIOLITIS, EMPHYSEMA, GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE, LYMPHOMA, PLEURITIS, PULMONARY FIBROSIS, AND SARCOIDOSIS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
Michael J. Norris
2021-A4474A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A4474A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4474--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to creat- ing an action for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a member of the armed forces THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new section 214-i to read as follows: § 214-I. ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH OR EXPOSURE TO TOXIC BURN PITS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AN ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO TOXIC BURN PITS WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN AFGHANISTAN, BAHRAIN, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CHAD, DIEGO GARCIA, DJIBOUTI, EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, GABON, GHANA, IRAQ, JORDAN, KENYA, KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LIBYA, MALI, NIGER, NIGERIA, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, SAUDI ARABIA, SOMALIA, SOUTH SUDAN, SUDAN, SYRIA, TAJIKISTAN, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UZBEKISTAN, AND YEMEN ON OR AFTER AUGUST SECOND, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY, MAY BE COMMENCED WITHIN THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE DISCOVERY OF SUCH INJURY, OR WITHIN THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE WHEN THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE THE CAUSE OF SUCH INJURY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED, WHICHEVER IS LATER. 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A PERSONAL INJURY INCLUDES, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING DISEASES: ASTHMA THAT WAS DIAG- NOSED AFTER SERVICE IN A COUNTRY OR TERRITORY LISTED, CANCER OF ANY TYPE, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, CONSTRICTIVE BRONCHIOLITIS OR OBLITERATIVE BRONCHIOLITIS, EMPHYSEMA, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05969-02-1
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