New York S 9286: Prohibits parties to mediation or dispute resolution from recording such proceedings without the consent of all parties

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S09286 Summary:

BILL NOS09286A

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SAME ASSAME AS A09144-A

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §4506, CPLR

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Establishes an all-party consent requirement for any audio or video recording of mediation and court-annexed alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

Go to top S09286 Actions:

BILL NOS09286A

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02/25/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

03/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

03/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 9286A

03/18/20261ST REPORT CAL.571

03/19/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/23/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/14/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9144A

&nbspA09144 AMEND=A Lavine

&nbsp10/17/2025referred to judiciary

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to judiciary

&nbsp02/26/2026amend and recommit to judiciary

&nbsp02/26/2026print number 9144a

&nbsp03/04/2026reported referred to codes

&nbsp03/10/2026reported 

&nbsp03/12/2026advanced to third reading cal.298

&nbsp03/16/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/16/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/16/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

&nbsp05/14/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9286A

&nbsp05/14/20263RD READING CAL.571

&nbsp05/14/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/14/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9286--A

 IN SENATE

 February 25, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to prohib-
 iting undisclosed recording of mediation and court-annexed alternative
 dispute resolution proceedings

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

 1 Section 1. Section 4506 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
 2 by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 3 2-a. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this section
 4 and article two hundred fifty of the penal law, no party to any court-
 5 annexed alternative dispute resolution proceeding or conference or medi-
 6 ation shall make an audio and/or visual recording of such proceeding,
 7 without the express consent of all parties to the proceeding and the
 8 mediator.
 9 (b) No recording made in violation of this subdivision shall be admis-
 10 sible in any judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding.
 11 (c) Any violation of this subdivision may be deemed contempt of court
 12 and shall be subject to fines or other sanction as the court may direct.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 14 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13729-03-6

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