New York A 9551: Relates to requiring members of a board of trustees of public, free association and Indian libraries to complete two hours of continuing education per year

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A09551 Summary:

BILL NOA09551A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08633-A

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRShimsky, Otis, Slater, McDonald, Rivera

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§812 & 154-c, add §819, Fam Ct Act; amd §§530.11 & 1.20 CP L; add §39-c, Judy L; add §256, amd §240, Dom
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Relates to coercive control; provides that the family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction over acts which constitute coercive control; provides that courts may issue orders of protection upon a finding of coercive control; directs the office of court administration, in consultation with the office for the prevention of domestic violence and certain organizations, to develop and administer training for judges and court clerks on coercive control.

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BILL NOA09551A

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01/14/2026referred to judiciary

04/24/2026amend (t) and recommit to judiciary

04/24/2026print number 9551a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9551--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SHIMSKY, OTIS, SLATER -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, the criminal procedure law, the
 judiciary law and the domestic relations law, in relation to coercive
 control

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 812 of
 2 the family court act, as amended by chapter 541 of the laws of 2024, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 The family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent juris-
 5 diction over any proceeding concerning acts which would constitute coer-
 6 cive control as defined by section eight hundred nineteen of this part,
 7 disorderly conduct, unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate
 8 image, harassment in the first degree, harassment in the second degree,
 9 aggravated harassment in the second degree, sexual misconduct, forcible
 10 touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, sexual abuse in the second
 11 degree as set forth in subdivision one of section 130.60 of the penal
 12 law, stalking in the first degree, stalking in the second degree, stalk-
 13 ing in the third degree, stalking in the fourth degree, criminal
 14 mischief, menacing in the second degree, menacing in the third degree,
 15 reckless endangerment, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circu-
 16 lation, strangulation in the second degree, strangulation in the first
 17 degree, assault in the second degree, assault in the third degree, an
 18 attempted assault, identity theft in the first degree, identity theft in
 19 the second degree, identity theft in the third degree, grand larceny in
 20 the fourth degree, grand larceny in the third degree, coercion in the
 21 second degree or coercion in the third degree as set forth in subdivi-
 22 sions one, two and three of section 135.60 of the penal law between
 23 spouses or former spouses, or between parent and child or between
 24 members of the same family or household except that if the respondent
 25 would not be criminally responsible by reason of age pursuant to section

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13778-05-6

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 1 30.00 of the penal law, then the family court shall have exclusive
 2 jurisdiction over such proceeding. Notwithstanding a complainant's
 3 election to proceed in family court, the criminal court shall not be
 4 divested of jurisdiction to hear a family offense proceeding pursuant to
 5 this section. In any proceeding pursuant to this article, a court shall
 6 not deny an order of protection, or dismiss a petition, solely on the
 7 basis that the acts or events alleged are not relatively contemporaneous
 8 with the date of the petition, the conclusion of the fact-finding or the
 9 conclusion of the dispositional hearing. For purp