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Senate Bill S156

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to awards made to crime victims

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2025-S156 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1862
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§621 & 631, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8603
2023-2024: S303, A3257

2025-S156 - Summary

Increases the amount for awards made to crime victims; specifies certain items of personal property which are necessary and essential to the welfare of a claimant.

2025-S156 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S156 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    156
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SALAZAR, MURRAY, ROLISON, WEBB, WEBER -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to awards made  to  crime
   victims

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 621 of the executive law, as added
 by chapter 197 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   8. "Essential personal property" shall mean articles of personal prop-
 erty necessary and essential to the health, welfare  or  safety  of  the
 victim.
   (A)  PERSONAL  PROPERTY  NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL TO THE WELFARE OF THE
 VICTIM SHALL MEAN PERSONAL PROPERTY OF A VICTIM THAT IS  LOST,  DAMAGED,
 OR STOLEN AS A RESULT OF A CRIME AND FOR WHICH REIMBURSEMENT OR REPLACE-
 MENT  IS  REASONABLY  NECESSARY  FOR  THE VICTIM TO RESTORE STABILITY OR
 MAINTAIN A REASONABLE AND/OR BASIC STANDARD OF LIVING.
   (B) THE OFFICE SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE DETERMI-
 NATION AND APPROVAL OF WHAT CONSTITUTES PROPERTY REASONABLY NECESSARY TO
 RESTORE OR  MAINTAIN  A  REASONABLE  AND/OR  BASIC  STANDARD  OF  LIVING
 CONSISTENT WITH THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2. Subdivision 9 of section 631 of the executive law, as amended by
 section 1 of part I of chapter 55 of the laws of  2022,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   9.  (A) Any award made for the cost of repair or replacement of essen-
 tial personal property, including  cash  losses  of  essential  personal
 property,  shall be limited to an amount of twenty-five hundred dollars,
 except that all cash losses of  essential  personal  property  shall  be
 limited  to  the amount of one hundred dollars. In the case of medically
 necessary life-sustaining equipment which was lost  or  damaged  as  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2025-S156A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1862
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§621 & 631, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8603
2023-2024: S303, A3257

2025-S156A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the amount for awards made to crime victims; specifies certain items of personal property which are necessary and essential to the welfare of a claimant.

2025-S156A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S156A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  156--A
     Cal. No. 287
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SALAZAR,  JACKSON, MURRAY, RHOADS, ROLISON, WEBB,
   WEBER -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed  to  the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction --
   recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from  said
   committee,  ordered  to  first  and  second report, ordered to a third
   reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
   order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to awards made to crime
   victims
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 621 of the executive law, as added
 by chapter 197 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   8. "Essential personal property" shall mean articles of personal prop-
 erty  necessary  and  essential  to the health, welfare or safety of the
 victim.
   (A) PERSONAL PROPERTY NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL TO THE  WELFARE  OF  THE
 VICTIM  SHALL  MEAN PERSONAL PROPERTY OF A VICTIM THAT IS LOST, DAMAGED,
 OR STOLEN AS A RESULT OF A CRIME AND FOR WHICH REIMBURSEMENT OR REPLACE-
 MENT IS REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR THE  VICTIM  TO  RESTORE  STABILITY  OR
 MAINTAIN A REASONABLE AND/OR BASIC STANDARD OF LIVING.
   (B) THE OFFICE SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE DETERMI-
 NATION AND APPROVAL OF WHAT CONSTITUTES PROPERTY REASONABLY NECESSARY TO
 RESTORE  OR  MAINTAIN  A  REASONABLE  AND/OR  BASIC  STANDARD  OF LIVING
 CONSISTENT WITH THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 631 of the executive law is  amended  by
 adding four new paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (f) to read as follows:
   (C) FOR PROPERTY NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL TO THE WELFARE OF THE VICTIM,
 THE  OFFICE  MAY REQUEST THAT THE CLAIMANT PROVIDE ESTIMATES OR RECEIPTS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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