Senate Bill S3147

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes the provisions of Kendra's law permanent

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Disabilities 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

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2023-S3147 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene
Laws Affected:
Amd §18, Chap 408 of 1999
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8856
2025-2026: S145

2023-S3147 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends Kendra's law, in relation to making the provisions thereof permanent.

2023-S3147 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3147
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PALUMBO,  BORRELLO,  ORTT, STEC -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend Kendra's law, in relation to making the provisions ther-
   eof permanent
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 18 of chapter 408 of the laws of 1999, constituting
 Kendra's law, as amended by section 1 of subpart H of part UU of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 18. This act shall take effect immediately,  provided  that  section
 fifteen  of this act shall take effect April 1, 2000, provided, further,
 that subdivision (e) of section 9.60 of the mental hygiene law as  added
 by  section  six  of  this act shall be effective 90 days after this act
 shall become law[; and that this act shall expire and be deemed repealed
 June 30, 2027].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08004-01-3

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