New York A 9497: Establishes the restaurant and restaurant worker recovery loan program; establishes the restaurant and restaurant worker recovery fund; appropriation

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A09497 Summary:

BILL NOA09497 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08887

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SPONSORLavine

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 3 Part 6, §§1-2.19 & 3-2.1, EPT L; amd §5, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.7416-A & A.7856-A); amd
§212, Judy L

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Enacts provisions for the execution of electronic wills including attestation, revocation, filing and storage; requires the chief administrator of the courts to adopt rules necessary and appropriate for electronic wills.

Go to top A09497 Actions:

BILL NOA09497 

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01/07/2026referred to judiciary

01/28/2026reported referred to rules

01/28/2026reported 

01/28/2026rules report cal.67

01/28/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.67

02/10/2026substituted by s8887

&nbspS08887 AMEND= SEPULVEDA

&nbsp01/13/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/20/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.99

&nbsp01/28/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/28/2026referred to judiciary

&nbsp02/10/2026substituted for a9497

&nbsp02/10/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.67

&nbsp02/10/2026passed assembly

&nbsp02/10/2026returned to senate

&nbsp02/13/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/13/2026SIGNED CHAP.89

Go to topA09497 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:JUDICIARY Chair:Lavine 
DATE:01/28/2026AYE/NAY:14/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules LavineAyeTannousisNay

WeprinAyeWalshNay

BraunsteinAyeBrownNay

SteckAyeMikulinNay

SeawrightAyeSmithNay

WalkerAyeMolitorNay

McMahonAye

MitaynesAye

RajkumarAye

SimonAye

SayeghAye

LunsfordAye

BergerNay

ShimskyAye

CarrollAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:01/28/2026AYE/NAY:22/7 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookExcusedBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliAyeReillyNay

PaulinAyeSmithNay

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenNay

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09497 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA09497 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9497

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 7, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to elec-
 tronic wills; to amend the judiciary law, in relation to rules relat-
 ing to electronic wills; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2025
 amending the estates, powers and trusts law and the state technology
 law relating to electronic wills, as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 7416-A and A. 7856-A, in relation to the effectiveness
 thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Part 6 of article 3 of the estates, powers and trusts law,
 2 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the estates, powers
 3 and trusts law and the state technology law relating to electronic
 4 wills, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7416-A and A. 7856-A,
 5 is amended to read as follows:
 6 PART 6. ELECTRONIC WILLS
 7 Section 3-6.1 Short title
 8 3-6.2 Definitions
 9 3-6.3 Law applicable to electronic will; principles of equity
 10 3-6.4 Choice of law regarding execution
 11 3-6.5 Caution to testator
 12 3-6.6 Execution of electronic will
 13 3-6.7 Revocation
 14 3-6.8 Electronic will attested and made self-proving at time of
 15 execution
 16 3-6.9 Filing of an electronic will
 17 § 3-6.1 Short title
 18 This part may be cited as the New York electronic wills act.
 19 § 3-6.2 Definitions
 20 For purposes of this part the following terms shall have the following
 21 meanings:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11569-04-6

 A. 9497 2

 1 (a) "Audit trail data" means data about the activities of data,
 2 including but not limited to the electronic will's creation and
 3 execution.
 4 (b) "Communication technology" means an electric device or process
 5 that allows two or more remotely located individuals to communicate with
 6 each other simultaneously by sight and sound.
 7 (c) "Electronic" shall have the same meaning set