Bill Text: NY A01945 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a time period in which an action to recover damages for injury arising from domestic violence must be brought.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-09-04 - signed chap.245 [A01945 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01945-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1945 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 18, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, CAHILL, COLTON, ABBATE, GUNTHER, M. G. MILLER, SEAWRIGHT, BICHOTTE, BRONSON, OTIS -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to estab- lishing a time period in which an action to recover damages for injury arising from domestic violence must be brought The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 215 of the civil practice law and rules is amended 2 by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 3 9. Notwithstanding the opening paragraph of this section, an action 4 that may be brought to recover damages for injury arising from domestic 5 violence, as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social 6 services law, shall be commenced within two years. Nothing in this 7 subdivision shall be construed to modify any time limitation contained 8 in section two hundred fourteen of this article or subdivision eight of 9 this section. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01550-01-9
