Bill Commons

NY S 1608

in committee

Relates to dental, medical and podiatric malpractice actions and to establishing a limitation on noneconomic damages in personal injury actions

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1608 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1608 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY S 1608 about?

Requires a certificate of merit in actions for damages, contribution or indemnity arising out of alleged negligence of a professional licensed pursuant to the education law; establishes a party in an action for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice may not omit the name of certain experts in responding to a request; limits judgments for past and future damages in an action to recover damages for dental, medical or podiatric malpractice; limits compensation for noneconomic damages suffered by an injured plaintiff in any personal injury action to $250,000.

Who sponsors NY S 1608?

George Borrello is the primary sponsor of NY S 1608, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires a certificate of merit in actions for damages, contribution or indemnity arising out of alleged negligence of a professional licensed pursuant to the education law; establishes a party in an action for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice may not omit the name of certain experts in responding to a request; limits judgments for past and future damages in an action to recover damages for dental, medical or podiatric malpractice; limits compensation for noneconomic damages suffered by an injured plaintiff in any personal injury action to $250,000.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • George Borrelloprimary
  • William Webercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 3930not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 321not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1360not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 846not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 10109not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1742not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2140not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5725not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5930not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2305

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1608?summary=&detail=

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