Bill Commons

NY S 9765

in committee

Enacts the "sunshine in litigation act" regarding protective orders

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 9765 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9765 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-06-05): COMMITTED TO RULES

What is NY S 9765 about?

Enacts the "sunshine in litigation act" regarding protective orders to prohibit settlement agreements which conceal a public hazard or any information that would identify a public hazard.

Who sponsors NY S 9765?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 9765.

Description

Enacts the "sunshine in litigation act" regarding protective orders to prohibit settlement agreements which conceal a public hazard or any information that would identify a public hazard.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-05 — COMMITTED TO RULES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-05

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-05-07

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  3. 2026-05-06

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-05-05

    1ST REPORT CAL.914

  5. 2026-04-06

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Judiciary Vote

    2026-05-05 · pass · 18-1

    Member-level votes (19)
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Steve Rhoads: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
    • Jeremy Zellner: yes
    • Andrew J. Lanza: yes
    • Jack M. Martins: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9593not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4235not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5632not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 472not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2552not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3837not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 7473

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9765?summary=&detail=

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