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NY A 8437

in committee

Renames the supreme court the superior court and the court of appeals the supreme court

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 8437 pass?

Not yet. NY A 8437 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 8437 about?

Renames the supreme court the superior court and the court of appeals the supreme court.

Who sponsors NY A 8437?

Charles Lavine is the primary sponsor of NY A 8437.

Description

Renames the supreme court the superior court and the court of appeals the supreme court.

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

Sponsors

  • Charles Lavineprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-16

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-27

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-06-09

    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

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8226not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 10453not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 6049

Official source

Attribution

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