New York A 11306: Establishes a private right of action against mental health professionals who engaged in sexual orientation change efforts and revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations

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A11306 Summary:

BILL NOA11306 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09817

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SPONSORRules (Glick)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §52-e, Civ Rts L; add §214-k, amd R3403, CPLR; add §219-f, Judy L

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Establishes a private right of action against mental health professionals who engaged in sexual orientation change efforts, revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations and grants trial preference to such actions.

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BILL NOA11306 

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05/11/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11306

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 11, 2026
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Glick) --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to establishing a
 private right of action against mental health professionals who
 engaged in sexual orientation change efforts; to amend the civil prac-
 tice law and rules, in relation to reviving such actions otherwise
 barred by the existing statute of limitations and granting trial pref-
 erence to such actions; and to amend the judiciary law, in relation to
 directing the chief administrator of the courts to promulgate rules
 for the timely adjudication of certain revived actions

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

 1 Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section
 2 52-e to read as follows:
 3 § 52-e. Private right of action for sexual orientation change efforts.
 4 1. For purposes of this section:
 5 a. "Mental health professional" means a person subject to the
 6 provisions of article one hundred fifty-three, one hundred fifty-four or
 7 one hundred sixty-three of the education law; or any other person desig-
 8 nated as a mental health professional pursuant to law, rule or regu-
 9 lation.
 10 b. "Sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts" (i) means
 11 any practice by a mental health professional that seeks to change an
 12 individual's sexual orientation, including, but not limited to, efforts
 13 to change behaviors, gender identity, or gender expressions, or to elim-
 14 inate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings towards indi-
 15 viduals of the same sex; and (ii) shall not include counseling for a
 16 person seeking to transition from one gender to another, or psychothera-
 17 pies that: (A) provide acceptance, support and understanding of patients
 18 or the facilitation of patients' coping, social support and identity
 19 exploration and development, including sexual orientation-neutral inter-
 20 ventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual prac-
 21 tices; and (B) do not seek to change sexual orientation.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15452-03-6

 A. 11306 2

 1 2. In an action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of sexual
 2 orientation or gender identity change efforts, the time for commencement
 3 of the action shall be the later of the following:
 4 a. If the plaintiff was under eighteen years of age at the time of the
 5 conduct, until the plaintiff turns fifty-five years of age.
 6 b. If the plaintiff was eighteen years of age or older at the time of
 7 the conduct, within twenty years of the date of the last treatment
 8 session in which the sexual orientation or gender identity change
 9 efforts occurred.
 10 3. This section applies to the following actions:
 11 a. An action against a mental health professional for damages arising
 12 from sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts.
 13 b. An action against any person or entity that employed, supervised,
 14 or otherwise exercised authority over a mental health professional, and
 15 such person or entity knew or had reason to know that the mental health
 16 professional engaged in or was likely to engage in sexual orientation or
 17 gender identity change efforts and failed to take reasonable steps to
 18 prevent such conduct.
 19 c. An action a