New York S 7789: Relates to imposing an additional two percent occupancy tax in the county of Onondaga

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S07789 Summary:

BILL NOS07789 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08519

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRCLEARE, JACKSON, RAMOS, ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §346, Ins L; add §483-gg, Soc Serv L

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Requires that in civil claims under the child victims act, adult survivors act, or a civil sex trafficking claim any insurer who may provide liability coverage for a claim shall, upon request from the claimant or claimant's attorney, provide information regarding each known policy of insurance; provides that a person bringing a civil claim in a sex trafficking case need not disclose their immigration status.

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BILL NOS07789 

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05/06/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7789

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the social services law, in
 relation to certain civil actions

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

 1 Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 346 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 346. Disclosure of certain insurance information. (a) (1) For any
 4 claim or civil action that may be brought pursuant to subdivision (b) of
 5 section two hundred eight of the civil practice law and rules, section
 6 two hundred thirteen-c of the civil practice law and rules, or section
 7 two hundred fourteen-g, section two hundred fourteen-j, or subdivision
 8 (c) of section four hundred eighty-three-bb of the social services law,
 9 each which does or may provide liability coverage to pay for all or a
 10 portion of any claim, regardless of whether a civil action has been
 11 commenced, shall, within thirty days of a written request by a potential
 12 or actual claimant or the claimant's attorney, provide a sworn state-
 13 ment, under oath, of a corporate officer or the insurer's claims manag-
 14 er, setting forth the following information for each known policy of
 15 insurance, including excess or umbrella insurance:
 16 (i) the name of the insurer;
 17 (ii) the name of each insured, including additional insureds;
 18 (iii) the limits of the liability coverage; and
 19 (iv) a statement of any policy or coverage defense which such insured
 20 reasonably believes is available to such insured at the time the state-
 21 ment is signed.
 22 (2) The insurer shall also provide a complete copy of the policy to
 23 the claimant or claimant's attorney.
 24 (b) In addition, the insured, or the insured's insurance agent, upon
 25 written request of the claimant or the claimant's attorney, shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11933-01-5

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 1 disclose the name and coverage of each known insurer to the claimant and
 2 shall forward such request for information to all affected insurers. The
 3 insurer shall then supply the information required by this section to
 4 the claimant or the claimant's attorney within thirty days.
 5 (c) The statement required by subsection (a) of this section shall be
 6 amended immediately upon discovery of facts calling for an amendment to
 7 such statement.
 8 § 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 483-gg
 9 to read as follows:
 10 § 483-gg. Immigration status prohibited as part of sworn testimony. In
 11 all civil claims or causes of action brought by an individual who is a
 12 victim of the conduct prohibited by section 230.33, 230.34, 230.34-a,
 13 135.35 or 135.37 of the penal law, including any action or claim brought
 14 under subdivision (c) of section four hundred eighty-three-bb of this
 15 article or subdivision (b) of section two hundred fourteen-g of the
 16 civil practice law and rules, no party shall be compelled to provide
 17 sworn testimony as to the legality of their immigration status in the
 18 United States at any time during the