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NY A 577

in committee

Relates to filing in surrogate's court

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 577 pass?

Not yet. NY A 577 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 A 577 about?

Provides that a surrogate court clerk or chief clerk shall refuse to accept for filing papers filed in a proceeding only under certain circumstances or as designated in statute, administrative rule or order of the court; provides such reasons; requires the payment of any applicable statutory fees, or an order of the court waiving payment of such fees, before accepting a paper for filing; makes related provisions.

Who sponsors NY A 577?

Phil Steck is the primary sponsor of NY A 577.

Description

Provides that a surrogate court clerk or chief clerk shall refuse to accept for filing papers filed in a proceeding only under certain circumstances or as designated in statute, administrative rule or order of the court; provides such reasons; requires the payment of any applicable statutory fees, or an order of the court waiving payment of such fees, before accepting a paper for filing; makes related provisions.

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

  • Phil Steckprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-20

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-20

    PRINT NUMBER 577A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9080not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 10051not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3202not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 887

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A577?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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