Senate bill · S10375 (2025-26)
Clarifies the need for expedited relief when seeking an order to show cause
New York State Senate
Summary
Clarifies the need for expedited relief when seeking an order to show cause; provides the application shall require why such relief is necessary.
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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo
To require a party seeking an order to show cause to clarify the need for expedited relief.
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Where it stands
Assigned to a committee for review.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
Committee
Judiciary · New York State Assembly
Also referred to Judiciary · New York State Senate.
The sponsor's argument
Why Luis R. Sepúlveda says this is needed
This bill requires a party seeking an order to show cause to clearly specify why that party is proceeding via an order to show cause, and not another less urgent method. Practitioners have voiced their concern that some parties have applied for an been granted orders to show cause when relief was not really needed with an order to show cause. Even though the current statute states that "a court may grant an order to show cause in a proper case" (emphasis added), modifying the statute to require a showing of why such procedure would be helpful for practition- ers.
This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.
Full history
- May 15, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
NY Senate