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Senate Bill S4134

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides domestic violence victims and crime victims with supervision while taking depositions

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2025-S4134 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §3104, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7213
2019-2020: S4924
2021-2022: S4674
2023-2024: S5691

2025-S4134 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Lydia Peikon Cotz act"; provides domestic violence victims and crime victims with supervision while taking depositions; directs the court to provide a secure location within the courthouse, and a court officer, for such persons taking depositions.

2025-S4134 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4134 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4134
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, COMRIE -- 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 provid-
   ing domestic violence victims or crime victims with supervision  while
   taking depositions

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
 the "Lydia Peikon Cotz act".
   §  2.  Section  3104 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
   (F) WHENEVER A PARTY IS PROTECTED BY AN  ORDER  OF  PROTECTION  ISSUED
 UNDER  SECTION  EIGHT  HUNDRED  FORTY-TWO  OF  THE FAMILY COURT ACT OR A
 PROTECTIVE ORDER ISSUED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.12  OF  THE
 CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE  LAW,  UPON  APPLICATION,  THE COURT SHALL PROVIDE A
 SECURE LOCATION WITHIN THE COURTHOUSE, AND A COURT OFFICER,  FOR  TAKING
 THE DEPOSITION OF EITHER THE PARTY OR THE OPPOSING PARTY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07694-01-5

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