NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7860A

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Jun 12, 2025	referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 04, 2025	amended on third reading (t) 7860b
May 22, 2025	advanced to third reading
May 21, 2025	2nd report cal.
May 20, 2025	1st report cal.1209
May 14, 2025	print number 7860a
May 14, 2025	amend and recommit to judiciary
May 09, 2025	referred to judiciary

Votes

- Jun 12, 2025 - Floor Vote
  S7860A
  
  38
  
  Aye
  
  21
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  4
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 12, 2025
      
      aye (38)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Baskin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Bynoe
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fahy
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Webb
      
      nay (21)
      
      Ashby
      
      Borrello
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Lanza
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rolison
      
      Stec
      
      Tedisco
      
      Walczyk
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (4)
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      Ramos
      
      Sutton
      
      The following Member(s) participated via videoconferencing: Brouk
  May 20, 2025 - Judiciary Committee Vote
  S7860A
  
  13
  
  Aye
  
  4
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Judiciary Committee Vote: May 20, 2025
      
      aye (13)
      
      Bailey
      
      Cooney
      
      Gounardes
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Ramos
      
      Ryan
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      nay (4)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara
      
      Rhoads
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Palumbo
      
      excused (1)
      
      Martins

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

co-Sponsors

2025-S7860 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§53 & 468-a, add §484-a, Judy L

2025-S7860 - Summary

Authorizes a requirement of pro bono service as a condition of admission to the bar or attorney registration; exempts pro bono work performed pursuant to an agreement with the federal government if the federal government designates the recipients of the pro bono work or type or types or nature of such legal services; provides for the expiration of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2025-S7860 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7860

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to pro bono service by
attorneys and candidates for admission to the bar

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that New York state does not
recognize pro bono work resulting from the Trump Administration's unlaw-
ful extortion of private law firms and attack on the practice of law.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 3 of section 53 of the judiciary law to
provide that any pro bono hours reported by a candidate for the admis-
sion to the bar cannot include pro bono provided pursuant to an agree-
ment with the federal government specifying the recipient or recipient
or type or type or types or nature of the legal services provided.

Section 2 amends subdivision 3 of section 468-a of the judiciary law to
provide that any pro bono hours reported on an attorney's biennial
registration statement cannot include pro bono provided pursuant to an
agreement with the federal government specifying the recipient or recip-
ient or type or type or types or nature of the legal services provided.

Section 3 states that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Trump Administration issued executive orders against a number of
large law firms with a significant presence in New York restricting the
ability of attorneys at those law firms to obtain security clearances,
access government buildings and officials, and work on federal
contracts. The executive orders were solely predicated on the law firms'
retention of attorneys and clients with whom the Trump Administration
had political differences and would have had the effect of barring these
law firms from undertaking significant matters. To avoid the crippling
effects of those executive orders, most of these law firms entered into
agreements with the federal government to provide millions of dollars in
"pro bono legal concessions". The agreements purport to require law
firms to devote their pro bono resources in service of the Trump Admin-
istration's chosen causes, at the expense of pro bono legal services
provided to the most vulnerable among us.

As former New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said:
"We are fortunate that, in New York State, so many lawyers embrace a
culture of service, recognizing the ethical and social responsibility to
volunteer their time and legal expertise to help ensure that we are
providing for the justice needs of all." The Trump Administration's
extortionary agreements with law firms run afoul of the spirit of pro
bono in New York, both because they represent an interference with the
sacred right of attorneys to freely practice law in service of the
clients of their choosing and they endanger access to pro bono legal
services for vulnerable New Yorkers targeted by the Trump Adminis-
tration.

The bill will ensure that New York attorneys continue to provide and
report pro bono legal services irrespective of the pro bono hours
provided to these coercive extortionary agreements.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7860 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7860
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to pro  bono  service  by
   attorneys and candidates for admission to the bar
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of  section  53  of  the  judiciary  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  450  of  the  laws  of 1994, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. The court shall prescribe rules providing for a uniform  system  of
 examination  of  candidates  for  admission to practice as attorneys and
 counsellors, which shall govern the state board of law examiners in  the
 performance of its duties. SUCH RULES MAY REQUIRE A CANDIDATE FOR ADMIS-
 SION  TO THE BAR TO COMPLETE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS OF QUALIFYING PRO
 BONO SERVICE PRIOR TO FILING AN  APPLICATION  FOR  ADMISSION;  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  QUALIFYING  PRO BONO SERVICE SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY
 HOURS ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO
 AN  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  THE CANDIDATE FOR ADMISSION'S SUPERVISOR AND THE
 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER WHICH  THE  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  SPECIFIES  THE
 RECIPIENT  OR  RECIPIENTS  OR  TYPE  OR  TYPES  OR  NATURE OF SUCH LEGAL
 SERVICES. The court shall not by its rules cause to be barred from exam-
 ination or, upon  successful  completion  of  the  examination  process,
 subsequent  admission  to the state bar, provided [he or she] THE CANDI-
 DATE shall otherwise meet any requirements for admission, any person who
 is currently admitted to practice in the jurisdiction of  another  state
 and  has received a degree from a law school which qualifies such person
 to practice law in such state, other than  a  law  school  which  grants
 credit  for  correspondence  courses, provided that such person has been
 engaged in the actual practice of law in the state  in  which  they  are
 admitted for no less than five years.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11929-03-5
 S. 7860                             2

 
   §  2. Subdivision 3 of section 468-a of the judiciary law, as added by
 chapter 714 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The  chief  administrator  shall  prescribe the form in which such
 registry of attorneys shall be maintained and the procedures for  public
 access thereto, and may make all such other rules and regulations neces-
 sary  and  appropriate  to  implement and enforce the provisions of this
 section. SUCH FORM MAY REQUIRE AN ATTORNEY TO REPORT THE NUMBER OF HOURS
 OF PRO BONO SERVICE COMPLETED BY THE ATTORNEY AT THE TIME  THE  ATTORNEY
 FILES  A  BIENNIAL  REGISTRATION STATEMENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH
 QUALIFYING PRO BONO SERVICE SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY HOURS ASSISTING IN THE
 PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN AN
 ATTORNEY OR THE ATTORNEY'S LAW FIRM AND  THE  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  UNDER
 WHICH  THE  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT SPECIFIES THE RECIPIENT OR RECIPIENTS OR
 TYPE OR TYPES OR NATURE OF SUCH LEGAL SERVICES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

co-Sponsors

2025-S7860A - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§53 & 468-a, add §484-a, Judy L

2025-S7860A - Summary

2025-S7860A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7860A

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to pro bono service by
attorneys and candidates for admission to the bar

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that New York state does not
recognize pro bono work resulting from the Trump Administration's unlaw-
ful extortion of private law firms and attack on the practice of law.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 3 of section 53 of the judiciary law to
provide that any pro bono hours reported by a candidate for the admis-
sion to the bar cannot include pro bono provided pursuant to an agree-
ment with the federal government specifying the recipient or recipient
or type or type or types or nature of the legal services provided.

Section 2 amends subdivision 3 of section 468-a of the judiciary law to
provide that any pro bono hours reported on an attorney's biennial
registration statement cannot include pro bono provided pursuant to an
agreement with the federal government specifying the recipient or recip-
ient or type or type or types or nature of the legal services provided.

Section 3 creates a new section of the judiciary law to provide that
attorneys may not be required by law firms to perform pro bono pursuant
to an agreement between the law firm and the federal government specify-
ing the recipient or recipient or type or type or types or nature of the
legal services provided.

Section 4 states that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Trump Administration issued executive orders against a number of
large law firms with a significant presence in New York restricting the
ability of attorneys at those law firms to obtain security clearances,
access government buildings and officials, and work on federal
contracts. The executive orders were solely predicated on the law firms'
retention of attorneys and clients with whom the Trump Administration
had political differences and would have had the effect of barring these
law firms from undertaking significant matters. To avoid the crippling
effects of those executive orders, most of these law firms entered into
agreements with the federal government to provide millions of dollars in
"pro bono legal concessions". The agreements purport to require law
firms to devote their pro bono resources in service of the Trump Admin-
istration's chosen causes, at the expense of pro bono legal services
provided to the most vulnerable among us.

As former New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said:
"We are fortunate that, in New York State, so many lawyers embrace a
culture of service, recognizing the ethical and social responsibility to
volunteer their time and legal expertise to help ensure that we are
providing for the justice needs of all." The Trump Administration's
extortionary agreements with law firms run afoul of the spirit of pro
bono in New York, both because they represent an interference with the
sacred right of attorneys to freely practice law in service of the
clients of their choosing and they endanger access to pro bono legal
services for vulnerable New Yorkers targeted by the Trump Adminis-
tration.

The bill will ensure that New York attorneys continue to provide and
report pro bono legal services irrespective of the pro bono hours
provided pursuant to these coercive extortionary agreements.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7860A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7860--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAY -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to pro  bono  service  by
   attorneys and candidates for admission to the bar
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of  section  53  of  the  judiciary  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  450  of  the  laws  of 1994, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. The court shall prescribe rules providing for a uniform  system  of
 examination  of  candidates  for  admission to practice as attorneys and
 counsellors, which shall govern the state board of law examiners in  the
 performance of its duties. SUCH RULES MAY REQUIRE A CANDIDATE FOR ADMIS-
 SION  TO THE BAR TO COMPLETE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS OF QUALIFYING PRO
 BONO SERVICE PRIOR TO FILING AN  APPLICATION  FOR  ADMISSION;  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  QUALIFYING  PRO BONO SERVICE SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY
 HOURS ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO
 AN  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  THE  CANDIDATE FOR ADMISSION'S SUPERVISOR OR THE
 SUPERVISOR'S LAW FIRM AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER WHICH THE FEDERAL
 GOVERNMENT SPECIFIES THE RECIPIENT OR RECIPIENTS OR  TYPE  OR  TYPES  OR
 NATURE OF SUCH LEGAL SERVICES. The court shall not by its rules cause to
 be  barred  from examination or, upon successful completion of the exam-
 ination process, subsequent admission to the state bar, provided [he  or
 she]  THE CANDIDATE shall otherwise meet any requirements for admission,
 any person who is currently admitted to practice in the jurisdiction  of
 another  state  and has received a degree from a law school which quali-
 fies such person to practice law in such state, other than a law  school
 which  grants  credit  for  correspondence  courses,  provided that such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11929-06-5
 S. 7860--A                          2

 
 person has been engaged in the actual practice of law in  the  state  in
 which they are admitted for no less than five years.
   §  2. Subdivision 3 of section 468-a of the judiciary law, as added by
 chapter 714 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   3. The chief administrator shall prescribe  the  form  in  which  such
 registry  of attorneys shall be maintained and the procedures for public
 access thereto, and may make all such other rules and regulations neces-
 sary and appropriate to implement and enforce  the  provisions  of  this
 section. SUCH FORM MAY REQUIRE AN ATTORNEY TO REPORT THE NUMBER OF HOURS
 OF  PRO  BONO SERVICE COMPLETED BY THE ATTORNEY AT THE TIME THE ATTORNEY
 FILES A BIENNIAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH
 QUALIFYING PRO BONO SERVICE SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY HOURS ASSISTING IN THE
 PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN AN
 ATTORNEY  OR  THE  ATTORNEY'S  LAW FIRM AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER
 WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPECIFIES THE RECIPIENT  OR  RECIPIENTS  OR
 TYPE OR TYPES OR NATURE OF SUCH LEGAL SERVICES.
   §  3.  The  judiciary  law is amended by adding a new section 484-a to
 read as follows:
   § 484-A. COMPULSORY LEGAL SERVICES PROHIBITED. NO LAW FIRM EMPLOYER IN
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK MAY REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION
 OF LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LAW FIRM
 AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT  SPECIFIES
 THE  RECIPIENT  OR  RECIPIENTS  OR TYPE OR TYPES OR NATURE OF SUCH LEGAL
 SERVICES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

co-Sponsors

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§53 & 468-a, add §484-a, Judy L

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7860B

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to pro bono service by
attorneys and candidates for admission to the bar; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that New York state does not
recognize pro bono work resulting from the Trump Administration's unlaw-
ful extortion of private law firms and attack on the practice of law.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 3 of section 53 of the judiciary law to
provide that any pro bono hours reported by a candidate for the admis-
sion to the bar cannot include pro bono provided pursuant to an agree-
ment with the federal government specifying the recipient or recipient
or type or type or types or nature of the legal services provided.

Section 2 amends subdivision 3 of section 468-a of the judiciary law to
provide that any pro bono hours reported on an attorney's biennial
registration statement cannot include pro bono provided pursuant to an
agreement with the federal government specifying the recipient or recip-
ient or type or type or types or nature of the legal services provided.

Section 3 creates a new section of the judiciary law to provide that
attorneys may not be required by law firms to perform pro bono pursuant
to an agreement between the law firm and the federal government specify-
ing the recipient or recipient or type or type or types or nature of the
legal services provided.

Section 4 states that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Trump Administration issued executive orders against a number of
large law firms with a significant presence in New York restricting the
ability of attorneys at those law firms to obtain security clearances,
access government buildings and officials, and work on federal
contracts. The executive orders were solely predicated on the law firms'
retention of attorneys and clients with whom the Trump Administration
had political differences and would have had the effect of barring these
law firms from undertaking significant matters. To avoid the crippling
effects of those executive orders, most of these law firms entered into
agreements with the federal government to provide millions of dollars in
"pro bono legal concessions". The agreements purport to require law
firms to devote their pro bono resources in service of the Trump Admin-
istration's chosen causes, at the expense of pro bono legal services
provided to the most vulnerable among us.

As former New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said:
"We are fortunate that, in New York State, so many lawyers embrace a
culture of service, recognizing the ethical and social responsibility to
volunteer their time and legal expertise to help ensure that we are
providing for the justice needs of all." The Trump Administration's
extortionary agreements with law firms run afoul of the spirit of pro
bono in New York, both because they represent an interference with the
sacred right of attorneys to freely practice law in service of the
clients of their choosing and they endanger access to pro bono legal
services for vulnerable New Yorkers targeted by the Trump Adminis-
tration.

The bill will ensure that New York attorneys continue to provide and
report pro bono legal services irrespective of the pro bono hours
provided pursuant to these coercive extortionary agreements.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and be deemed repealed effective
January 20, 2029.

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7860--B
     Cal. No. 1209
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAY -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said  commit-
   tee,  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 judiciary law, in relation to pro bono service by
   attorneys and candidates for admission to the bar; and  providing  for
   the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of  section  53  of  the  judiciary  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  450  of  the  laws  of 1994, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. The court shall prescribe rules providing for a uniform  system  of
 examination  of  candidates  for  admission to practice as attorneys and
 counsellors, which shall govern the state board of law examiners in  the
 performance of its duties. SUCH RULES MAY REQUIRE A CANDIDATE FOR ADMIS-
 SION  TO THE BAR TO COMPLETE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS OF QUALIFYING PRO
 BONO SERVICE PRIOR TO FILING AN  APPLICATION  FOR  ADMISSION;  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  QUALIFYING  PRO BONO SERVICE SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY
 HOURS ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO
 AN  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  THE  CANDIDATE FOR ADMISSION'S SUPERVISOR OR THE
 SUPERVISOR'S LAW FIRM AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER WHICH THE FEDERAL
 GOVERNMENT SPECIFIES THE RECIPIENT OR RECIPIENTS OR  TYPE  OR  TYPES  OR
 NATURE OF SUCH LEGAL SERVICES. The court shall not by its rules cause to
 be  barred  from examination or, upon successful completion of the exam-
 ination process, subsequent admission to the state bar, provided [he  or
 she]  THE CANDIDATE shall otherwise meet any requirements for admission,
 any person who is currently admitted to practice in the jurisdiction  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11929-08-5
 S. 7860--B                          2
 
 another  state  and has received a degree from a law school which quali-
 fies such person to practice law in such state, other than a law  school
 which  grants  credit  for  correspondence  courses,  provided that such
 person  has  been  engaged in the actual practice of law in the state in
 which they are admitted for no less than five years.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 468-a of the judiciary law, as added  by
 chapter 714 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The  chief  administrator  shall  prescribe the form in which such
 registry of attorneys shall be maintained and the procedures for  public
 access thereto, and may make all such other rules and regulations neces-
 sary  and  appropriate  to  implement and enforce the provisions of this
 section. SUCH FORM MAY REQUIRE AN ATTORNEY TO REPORT THE NUMBER OF HOURS
 OF PRO BONO SERVICE COMPLETED BY THE ATTORNEY AT THE TIME  THE  ATTORNEY
 FILES  A  BIENNIAL  REGISTRATION STATEMENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH
 QUALIFYING PRO BONO SERVICE SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY HOURS ASSISTING IN THE
 PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN AN
 ATTORNEY OR THE ATTORNEY'S LAW FIRM AND  THE  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  UNDER
 WHICH  THE  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT SPECIFIES THE RECIPIENT OR RECIPIENTS OR
 TYPE OR TYPES OR NATURE OF SUCH LEGAL SERVICES.
   § 3. The judiciary law is amended by adding a  new  section  484-a  to
 read as follows:
   § 484-A. COMPULSORY LEGAL SERVICES PROHIBITED. NO LAW FIRM EMPLOYER IN
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK MAY REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION
 OF LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LAW FIRM
 AND  THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPECIFIES
 THE RECIPIENT OR RECIPIENTS OR TYPE OR TYPES OR  NATURE  OF  SUCH  LEGAL
 SERVICES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed Janu-
 ary  20,  2029.    Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S7860A

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Jun 12, 2025 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 12, 2025

May 20, 2025 - Judiciary Committee Vote

Judiciary Committee Vote: May 20, 2025

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2025-S7860 - Details

2025-S7860 - Summary

2025-S7860 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7860 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2025-S7860A - Details

2025-S7860A - Summary

2025-S7860A - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7860A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Senate Bill S7860A

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Sponsored By

Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Rachel May

2025-S7860 - Details

2025-S7860 - Summary

2025-S7860 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7860 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Rachel May

2025-S7860A - Details

2025-S7860A - Summary

2025-S7860A - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7860A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Rachel May

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7860B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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