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Senate Bill S10498

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the commencement of certain sexual offense actions

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2025-S10498 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §214-j, CPLR

2025-S10498 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the commencement of certain sexual offense actions; extends the time for such commencement to two years and six months after the effective date of the section of law allowing such actions.

2025-S10498 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10498 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10498
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BOTTCHER -- 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,  in  relation  to  the
   commencement of certain sexual offense actions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 214-j of the civil practice law and rules, as added
 by chapter 203 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 214-j. Certain sexual offense actions. Notwithstanding any provision
 of law which imposes a period of limitation  to  the  contrary  and  the
 provisions  of  any  other  law  pertaining to the filing of a notice of
 claim or a notice of intention to file a claim as a condition  precedent
 to commencement of an action or special proceeding, every civil claim or
 cause of action brought against any party alleging intentional or negli-
 gent acts or omissions by a person for physical, psychological, or other
 injury  or condition suffered as a result of conduct which would consti-
 tute a sexual offense as defined in article one hundred  thirty  of  the
 penal law committed against such person who was eighteen years of age or
 older, or incest as defined in section 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law
 committed  against  such  person who was eighteen years of age or older,
 which is barred as of the effective date of  this  section  because  the
 applicable period of limitation has expired, and/or the plaintiff previ-
 ously  failed to file a notice of claim or a notice of intention to file
 a claim, is hereby revived, and action  thereon  may  be  commenced  not
 earlier  than  six months after, and not later than [one year] TWO YEARS
 and six months after the effective date of this  section.  In  any  such
 claim  or  action,  dismissal  of  a previous action, ordered before the
 effective date of this section, on grounds that such previous action was
 time barred, and/or for failure of a party to file a notice of claim  or
 a notice of intention to file a claim, shall not be grounds for dismiss-
 al of a revival action pursuant to this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15685-01-6

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