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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S3036
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Current 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
(D) 32nd Senate District
2025-S3036 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Amd RR9401, 9403, 9404, 9405 & 9406, CPLR
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2021-2022:
S9292
2023-2024: S1646
2025-S3036 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing the character fitness questionnaire from inquiring into an applicant's prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system under certain circumstances.
2025-S3036 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3036 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing any required disclosure of prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system under certain circumstances PURPOSE: To prohibit unnecessary and discriminatory questioning of bar appli- cants. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Sections 1, 2, 4, and 5 amend rules 9401, 9402, 9405, and 9406 of the CPLR to make them gender neutral. Section 3 amends rule 9404 of the CPLR to make it gender neutral and to
2025-S3036 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3036 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judici- ary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing any required disclosure of prior inter- action with law enforcement or the criminal justice system under certain circumstances THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Rule 9401 of the civil practice law and rules is amended to read as follows: Rule 9401. Committee. The appellate division in each judicial depart- ment shall appoint a committee of not less than three practicing lawyers for each judicial district within the department, for the purpose of investigating the character and fitness of every applicant for admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the courts of this state. Each member of such committee shall serve until [his] THE MEMBER'S death, resignation or the appointment of [his] THE MEMBER'S successor. A lawyer who has been or who shall be appointed a member of the committee for one district may be appointed a member of the commit- tee for another district within the same department. § 2. The opening paragraph and subdivision 1 of rule 9403 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 226 of the laws of 1985, are amended to read as follows: Notwithstanding rule 9402, any application for admission to practice pending before a committee, may be referred to the committee for another judicial district in the same or another department by order or direc- tion of the presiding justice of the appellate division of the depart- ment embracing the district in which the application is pending. Such order or direction may be made only upon the written request of the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06579-01-5
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