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Senate bill · S8320 (2025-26)

Relates to the contents of claims

Latest action Jun 9, 2025

Summary

Provides exceptions from the requirement of specificity in pleadings in certain cases involving sexual offenses.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A8635, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Committee

Judiciary · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Judiciary · New York State Senate, Rules · New York State Assembly, Rules · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This legislation would prevent cases filed under the Child Victims Act (CVA) and Adult Survivors Act (ASA) from being unnecessarily dismissed.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateJun 9, 2025Result: passed

    (57) (5) (0) (1)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Rules

    Senate RulesJun 9, 2025Result: passed

    (21) (0) (0) (0)

The sponsor's argument

Why the sponsor says this is needed

The Child Victims Act (Chapter 11 of the Laws, of 2019) and the Adult Survivors Act (Chapter 203 of the Laws of 2022) created lookback windows for survivors of sexual assault to bring civil cases against their abus- er or an institution that harbored them, regardless of when the abuse occurred. During these lookback periods, thousands of survivors came forward and filed cases against their abusers, an opportunity they otherwise would not have had given the typical statute of limitations. However, for those whose cases needed to be filed through the Court of Claims, state law has required them to provide specific information about their abuse, including the "time and place." For survivors of sexual abuse, recalling exact details of these traumatic moments can be difficult, particularly for those whose abuse occurred decades ago. This bill would ensure these rigid requirements do not result in further CVA and ASA cases being dismissed.

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

  1. Jun 9, 2025

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  2. Jun 9, 2025

    Ordered to Third Reading CAL.1723

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1723

    NY Senate

  3. Jun 9, 2025

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  4. Jun 9, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    NY Assembly

  5. Jun 2, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO RULES

    NY Senate

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From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Nov 3, 2026. About our data

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