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Assembly Bill A2420

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires that plaintiffs no longer have to prove that a sexual offense occurred on the premises of, chattels or property belonging to a corporate entity

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2025-A2420 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3807
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Add §18-202, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9443, S7926

2025-A2420 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that plaintiffs no longer have to prove that a sexual offense occurred on the premises of, chattels or property belonging to a corporate entity in action for negligent supervision.

2025-A2420 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2420
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, DAVILA, SIMON, WOERNER -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the general obligations law,  in  relation  to  changing
   what needs to be proven in an action for negligent supervision
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general obligations law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 18-202 to read as follows:
   §  18-202.  LIABILITY  FOR  NEGLIGENT  SUPERVISION  IN CASES OF SEXUAL
 OFFENSES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  A  "CORPORATE  ENTITY"
 SHALL  INCLUDE  ANY  FOREIGN  OR DOMESTIC CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY, LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP, OR OTHER CORPORATE ENTITY  DOING
 BUSINESS IN THIS STATE.
   2.  IN  ANY  CIVIL  ACTION AGAINST A CORPORATE ENTITY, OR ANY OFFICER,
 DIRECTOR, MEMBER OR MANAGER THEREOF, FOR  NEGLIGENT  SUPERVISION  OF  AN
 EMPLOYEE  OR AGENT ALLEGED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN CONDUCT THAT WOULD CONSTI-
 TUTE A SEXUAL OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY  OF  THE
 PENAL  LAW, THE PLAINTIFF SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVE THAT THE PERSON
 COMMITTING SUCH SEXUAL OFFENSE DID SO ON THE PREMISES OF, OR WITH  CHAT-
 TELS OR PROPERTY BELONGING TO, THE ALLEGEDLY NEGLIGENT CORPORATE ENTITY,
 OFFICER, DIRECTOR, MEMBER, OR MANAGER.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 pending actions and actions commenced on or after such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05733-01-5

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