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Senate Bill S9466

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to attorneys' fees in class actions

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2025-S9466 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11435
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd R909, CPLR

2025-S9466 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits additional attorneys' fees awards to class representatives in successful class action suits.

2025-S9466 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9466
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 16, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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  attor-
   neys' fees in class actions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Rule 909 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by
 chapter 566 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   Rule 909. Attorneys' fees. If a judgment in an action maintained as  a
 class  action  is  rendered  in  favor  of  the  class, the court in its
 discretion may award attorneys' fees to the representatives of the class
 and/or to any other person that the court finds has acted to benefit the
 class based on the reasonable value of legal services  rendered  and  if
 justice requires, allow recovery of the amount awarded from the opponent
 of  the  class.  IT  MAY,  IN ITS DISCRETION WHERE APPROPRIATE, AWARD AN
 ADDITIONAL AMOUNT TO SUCH CLASS REPRESENTATIVES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
 actions  commenced  on or after the date on which it shall have become a
 law and all actions pending on the date on which it shall have become  a
 law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15121-01-6

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