New York A 8408: Relates to permitting certain claims for compensation based on death due to COVID-19 in memory of Joseph Fletcher

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A08408 Summary:

BILL NOA08408 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08175

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SPONSORDais

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COSPNSRDavila

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§307, 308 & 309, SCPA

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Allows certain methods for service of process including by electronic means.

Go to top A08408 Actions:

BILL NOA08408 

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05/13/2025referred to judiciary

06/15/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/16/2025reported referred to rules

06/16/2025reported 

06/16/2025rules report cal.830

06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.830

06/16/2025substituted by s8175

&nbspS08175 AMEND= SEPULVEDA

&nbsp05/19/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

&nbsp05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1423

&nbsp05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/09/2025referred to judiciary

&nbsp06/16/2025substituted for a8408

&nbsp06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.830

&nbsp06/16/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/16/2025returned to senate

&nbsp11/17/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp11/21/2025SIGNED CHAP.563

Go to topA08408 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAbsentDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicExcusedGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA08408 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08408 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8408

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DAIS -- (at request of the Unified Court System)
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to
 allowing certain methods for service of process

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 307 of the surrogate's
 2 court procedure act, as amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2000, and
 3 subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) and paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 as
 4 amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 1. Service by personal delivery. Service of the process may be made on
 7 any person by personal delivery [to him] of a copy of the process either
 8 within or without the state.
 9 2. Service by registered or certified mail, [return receipt
 10 requested,] or by special mail service[, upon non-domiciliaries].
 11 Service of the process may be made by registered or certified mail,
 12 [return receipt requested,] or by special mail service, [upon non-domi-
 13 ciliaries, whether or not they be natural persons] within or without the
 14 state.
 15 3. Service by court order. As an alternative to service under subdivi-
 16 sions 1 and 2, service may be made in the manner directed by the court;
 17 but such service, except as provided by subdivision 6, shall not be
 18 ordered upon a domiciliary natural person unless it be shown that, with
 19 due diligence, service [by personal delivery within the state] under
 20 subdivision 1 or 2 cannot be effected, or where for good cause shown,
 21 [personal service within the state] such service would be impracticable.
 22 Any proof necessary hereunder may be submitted in the petition or by
 23 affidavit. The court may take into account the size of the estate and
 24 the remoteness of kinship of any person to be cited in determin