Assembly Bill A8302

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to an affirmation by any person, wherever made, in a civil action

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Current Bill Status Via S8195 - Passed Assembly

  • 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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2025-A8302 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8195
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd R2106, CPLR

2025-A8302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the acceptable uses of affirmations in civil actions.

2025-A8302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8302
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. O'PHARROW -- (at request of the Unified Court
   System) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and  rules,  in  relation  to  an
   affirmation by any person, wherever made, in a civil action
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Rule 2106 of the civil practice law and rules,  as  amended
 by chapter 559 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   Rule 2106. Affirmation of truth of statement. (A) The statement of any
 person  wherever made, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true
 under the penalties of perjury, OTHER THAN IN A DEPOSITION, OR  AN  OATH
 OF  OFFICE,  OR  AN  OATH REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN BEFORE A SPECIFIED PERSON
 OTHER THAN A NOTARY, may be used in an action in New York in lieu of and
 with the same force  and  effect  as  an  affidavit,  A  CERTIFICATE,  A
 RESPONSE TO A NOTICE TO ADMIT, AN ANSWER TO INTERROGATORIES, A VERIFICA-
 TION OF A PLEADING, A BILL OF PARTICULARS AND ANY OTHER SWORN STATEMENT.
 Such affirmation shall be in substantially the following form:
   I  affirm this ___ day of ______, ____, under the penalties of perjury
 under the laws of New York, which may include a  fine  or  imprisonment,
 that  the foregoing is true, EXCEPT AS TO MATTERS ALLEGED ON INFORMATION
 AND BELIEF AND AS TO THOSE MATTERS I BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE, and I under-
 stand that this document may be filed in an action or  proceeding  in  a
 court of law.
   (Signature)
   (B)  NOTHING IN THIS RULE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO ELIMINATE ANY REQUIRE-
 MENT UNDER THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW THAT MATRIMONIAL  AGREEMENTS  MUST
 BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE FORM OF DEED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07919-02-5

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