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Jan 12, 2022 |
referred to judiciary delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 05, 2022 |
ordered to third reading cal.80 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 02, 2021 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.293 rules report cal.293 reported |
May 26, 2021 |
reported referred to rules |
Jan 11, 2021 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A1605
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Rebecca Seawright
Albert A. Stirpe
Harry B. Bronson
2021-A1605 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2100
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Add §§7500 & 7505-a, amd §7501, CPLR
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A7002
2013-2014: A4789
2015-2016: A2742
2017-2018: A6637, S8710
2019-2020: A3337, S5669
2023-2024: A925, S461
2025-2026: S86
2021-A1605 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires disclosure of possible conflicts; provides for the vacating of an arbitration award on the ground that the arbitrator was affiliated in any way with any party, or has a financial interest directly or indirectly in any party or in the outcome of the arbitration.
2021-A1605 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1605 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, SEAWRIGHT, STIRPE, BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to grounds for vacating an arbitration award on the basis of partiality of the arbitrator THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 75 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new section 7500 to read as follows: § 7500. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE: (A) "ARBITRATION" MEANS A FORM OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION THAT IS AN ALTER- NATIVE TO LITIGATION, IN WHICH THE PARTIES AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE DETERMINATION OF A NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY ARBITRATOR. (B) "NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY ARBITRATOR" MEANS AN ARBITRATOR OR PANEL OF ARBITRATORS EACH OF WHOM DOES NOT HAVE AN UNDISCLOSED KNOWN, DIRECT, AND MATERIAL INTEREST IN THE OUTCOME OF THE ARBITRATION PROCEEDING OR A KNOWN, EXISTING, AND SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A PARTY, COUNSEL, OR REPRESENTATIVE OF A PARTY. § 2. Section 7501 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 532 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read as follows: § 7501. Effect of arbitration agreement. A written agreement to submit any controversy thereafter arising or any existing controversy to arbitration is enforceable without regard to the justiciable character of the controversy and confers jurisdiction on the courts of the state to enforce it and to enter judgment on an award; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY LANGUAGE REQUIRING THE CONTROVERSY BE SUBMITTED TO AN ARBITRATOR OR ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT A NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY ARBITRATOR, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE DEEMED VOID; PROVIDED THAT IT SHALL BE VALID WITH RESPECT TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE CONTROVERSY BE ARBI- TRATED. THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE CONTROVERSY BE HEARD BY A NEUTRAL THIRD EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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