Bill Commons

NY A 1398

in committee

Relates to the limitation on the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 1398 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1398 is in committee as of 2026-01-30 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-30): OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY A 1398 about?

Permits the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district up to one justice for every thirty thousand people in the district.

Who sponsors NY A 1398?

Jeffrey Dinowitz is the primary sponsor of NY A 1398, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Description

Permits the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district up to one justice for every thirty thousand people in the district.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-30 — OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jeffrey Dinowitzprimary
  • Yudelka Tapiacosponsor
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor
  • Alicia Hyndmancosponsor
  • Catalina Cruzcosponsor
  • George Alvarezcosponsor
  • Manny De Los Santoscosponsor
  • Latrice Walkercosponsor
  • Aron Wiedercosponsor
  • Kalman Yegercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-09

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-10

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-01-29

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-08

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  6. 2026-01-30

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9286not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 2307

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1398?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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