Senate Bill S6322

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the statute of limitations for actions based on harassment

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2019-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A304
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §213, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11293
2021-2022: S849, A233
2023-2024: S345, A65

2019-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the statute of limitations for actions based on harassment; six years.

2019-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6322
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  GOUNARDES, LIU -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules,  in  relation  to  the
   statute  of  limitations  for actions based on harassment in the work-
   place

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading and subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 213
 of  the civil practice law and rules, the section heading as amended and
 subdivision 7 as renumbered by chapter 43 of the laws of 1975,  subdivi-
 sion  7 as amended by chapter 532 of the laws of 1963, and subdivision 8
 as amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 2004, are  amended  and  a  new
 subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   Actions to be commenced within six years: where not otherwise provided
 for;  on  contract;  on sealed instrument; on bond or note, and mortgage
 upon real property; by state based on misappropriation of public proper-
 ty; based on mistake; by corporation against director, officer or stock-
 holder; based on fraud; BASED ON HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE.
   7. an action by or on behalf of a corporation  against  a  present  or
 former director, officer or stockholder for an accounting, or to procure
 a judgment on the ground of fraud, or to enforce a liability, penalty or
 forfeiture, or to recover damages for waste or for an injury to property
 or for an accounting in conjunction therewith[.];
   8.  an  action based upon fraud; the time within which the action must
 be commenced shall be the greater of six years from the date  the  cause
 of action accrued or two years from the time the plaintiff or the person
 under  whom  the  plaintiff  claims  discovered the fraud, or could with
 reasonable diligence have discovered it[.];
   9. AN ACTION BASED UPON HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 CIVIL RIGHTS LAW OR THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.