New York S 429: Prohibits contracts for the purchase or lease of consumer goods from restricting venue in an action relating to such contract

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S00429 Summary:

BILL NOS00429 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07081

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §53, add §54-a, Exec L

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Authorizes the state inspector general to receive and investigate complaints of sexual assault in correctional facilities and other places operated by the department of corrections and community supervision for the confinement of persons; requires the state inspector general to establish protocol and procedures for such reports and investigations.

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BILL NOS00429 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

02/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.256

02/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/13/2025PASSED SENATE

05/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/13/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

02/04/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/12/20261ST REPORT CAL.1037

05/13/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/18/2026PASSED SENATE

05/18/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/18/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 429

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BROUK, FAHY, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the state
 inspector general to receive and investigate complaints of sexual
 assault in correctional facilities and other places operated by the
 department of corrections and community supervision for the confine-
 ment of persons

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 53 of the executive law, as added
 2 by chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new subdivision 8
 3 is added to read as follows:
 4 7. establish programs for training state officers and employees
 5 regarding the prevention and elimination of corruption, fraud, criminal
 6 activity, conflicts of interest or abuse in covered agencies[.]; and
 7 8. receive and investigate complaints of sexual assault in correction-
 8 al facilities and other places operated by the department of corrections
 9 and community supervision for the confinement of persons in accordance
 10 with section fifty-four-a of this article.
 11 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 54-a to read
 12 as follows:
 13 § 54-a. Incidents of sexual assault in institutions in the department
 14 of corrections and community supervision. 1. Definitions. For the
 15 purposes of this section:
 16 a. "Institution" shall have the same meaning as defined in paragraph
 17 (c) of subdivision four of section two of the correction law.
 18 b. "Sexual assault" or any derivative term thereof means any non-con-
 19 sensual sexual contact, including but not limited to the following
 20 offenses as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law: (i)

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01649-01-5

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 1 rape; (ii) criminal sexual act; (iii) sexual misconduct; and (iv) sexual
 2 abuse.
 3 c. "Non-consensual" or any derivative word or phrase shall have the
 4 same meaning as "lack of consent" as defined in section 130.05 of the
 5 penal law.
 6 2. a. The state inspector general shall receive and investigate
 7 complaints from any source concerning allegations of sexual assault of
 8 incarcerated individuals in institutions. The state inspector general
 9 shall have all powers as set forth in section fifty-four of this article
 10 and to take any other actions necessary to conduct a thorough and impar-
 11 tial investigation.
 12 b. Any individual in the custody of the department of corrections and
 13 community supervision