New York S 8397: Relates to prohibiting health care employers from penalizing employees because of complaints of employer violations

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S08397 Summary:

BILL NOS08397 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11390

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §306, BC L; amd §19, Gen Assoc L; amd §303, Lim Lil L; amd §306, N-PC L; amd §§121-109 & 121-1505, Partn
L; amd §339-n, RP L

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Permits process to be served electronically by certain entities on the secretary of state for certain purposes.

Go to top S08397 Actions:

BILL NOS08397 

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06/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1938

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1224

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A11390

&nbspA11390 AMEND= Rules (Braunstein)

&nbsp05/15/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

&nbsp05/21/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/28/2026reported 

&nbsp05/28/2026rules report cal.255

&nbsp05/28/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.255

&nbsp05/29/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/29/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/29/2026REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

&nbsp05/29/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8397

&nbsp05/29/20263RD READING CAL.1224

&nbsp05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/29/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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

Go to topS08397 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8397

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- (at request of the Department of State)
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the business corporation law, general associations law,
 limited liability company law, not-for-profit corporation law, part-
 nership law and real property law, in relation to electronic service
 of process

 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 subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of
 2 section 306 of the business corporation law, as amended by section 2 of
 3 part KK of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new clause
 4 (iii) is added to read as follows:
 5 Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a domestic or
 6 authorized foreign corporation shall be made in the manner provided by
 7 clause (i) [or], (ii) or (iii) of this subparagraph. [Either] Each
 8 option of service authorized pursuant to this subparagraph shall be
 9 available at no extra cost to the consumer.
 10 (iii) Provided process is served by or on behalf of the state or a
 11 city, town, village or other political subdivision of the state, by
 12 electronically submitting a copy of the process to the department of
 13 state, through an electronic system operated by and with capabilities
 14 determined by the department of state, together with the statutory fee,
 15 if required, which fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Service of proc-
 16 ess on such corporation shall be complete when the secretary of state
 17 has reviewed and accepted service of such process. The secretary of
 18 state shall promptly either: (A) send a copy of such process by certi-
 19 fied mail, return receipt requested, to such corporation, at the post
 20 office address, on file in the department of state, specified for the
 21 purpose or, if a domestic or authorized foreign corporation has no such
 22 address on file in the department of state, the secretary of state shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10422-01-5

 S. 8397 2

 1 so mail such copy, in the case of a domestic corporation, in care of any
 2 director named in its certificate of incorporation at the director's
 3 address stated therein or, in the case of an authorized foreign corpo-
 4 ration, to such corporation at the address of its office within this
 5 state on file in the department; or (B) email a notice of the fact