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Senate Bill S9762

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes civil liability for the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the federal or state constitution

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2025-S9762 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9092
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §79-r, Civ Rts L

2025-S9762 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of the United States, subjects or causes to be subjected any citizen of New York or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the federal or state constitution shall be liable to the injured party in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding.

2025-S9762 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9762
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 6, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to establishing civil
   liability for the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities
   secured by the federal or state constitution
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
 79-r to read as follows:
   § 79-R. DEPRIVATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS,  PRIVILEGES  OR  IMMUNI-
 TIES;  CIVIL  LIABILITY.  EVERY  PERSON WHO, UNDER COLOR OF ANY STATUTE,
 ORDINANCE, REGULATION, CUSTOM, OR USAGE, OF THE UNITED STATES,  SUBJECTS
 OR  CAUSES  TO  BE  SUBJECTED, ANY CITIZEN OF THIS STATE OR OTHER PERSON
 WITHIN THE JURISDICTION THEREOF TO THE DEPRIVATION OF ANY RIGHTS, PRIVI-
 LEGES, OR IMMUNITIES SECURED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OR
 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE  PARTY
 INJURED  IN AN ACTION AT LAW, SUIT IN EQUITY, OR OTHER PROPER PROCEEDING
 FOR REDRESS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13563-01-5

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