New York A 6063: Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought

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A06063 Summary:

BILL NOA06063 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04423

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SPONSORLunsford

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COSPNSRRosenthal, Steck, Dinowitz, Burdick, Hevesi, Stirpe, Simon, Schiavoni, Meeks, Colton, McMahon,
 Shrestha, Kelles, Williams, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§5-4.1, 5-4.3, 5-4.4 & 5-4.6, EPT L

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Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought.

Go to top A06063 Actions:

BILL NOA06063 

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02/26/2025referred to judiciary

06/04/2025reported referred to codes

06/05/2025reported referred to rules

06/09/2025reported 

06/09/2025rules report cal.505

06/09/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.505

06/09/2025substituted by s4423

&nbspS04423 AMEND= HOYLMAN-SIGAL

&nbsp02/04/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

&nbsp02/25/20251ST REPORT CAL.369

&nbsp02/26/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp03/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/28/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/28/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/28/2025referred to judiciary

&nbsp06/09/2025substituted for a6063

&nbsp06/09/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.505

&nbsp06/09/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/09/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/01/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/05/2025VETOED MEMO.87

Go to topA06063 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:JUDICIARY Chair:Lavine 
DATE:06/04/2025AYE/NAY:18/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes LavineAyeTannousisAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

BraunsteinAyeBrownAye

SteckAyeMikulinAye

SeawrightAyeSmithExcused

WalkerAyeMolitorNay

McMahonAye

MitaynesAye

RajkumarExcused

SimonAye

SayeghAye

LunsfordAye

BergerAye

ShimskyAye

CarrollAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:06/05/2025AYE/NAY:20/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookAyeReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelExcused

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

LasherAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/09/2025AYE/NAY:24/1 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliExcusedReillyExcused

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenNay

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaExcused

HyndmanExcused

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelExcused

Go to topA06063 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA06063 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6063

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to the
 payment and distribution of damages in wrongful death actions

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of section 5-4.1 of the estates, powers and
 2 trusts law, as amended by chapter 114 of the laws of 2003, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 1. The personal representative, duly appointed in this state or any
 5 other jurisdiction, of a decedent [who is survived by distributees] may
 6 maintain an action to recover damages for a wrongful act, neglect or
 7 default which caused the decedent's death against a person who would
 8 have been liable to the decedent by reason of such wrongful conduct if
 9 death had not ensued. Such an action must be commenced within [two]
 10 three years after the decedent's death[; provided, however, that an
 11 action on behalf of a decedent whose death was caused by the terrorist
 12 attacks on September eleventh, two thousand one, other than a decedent
 13 identified by the attorney general of the United States as a participant
 14 or conspirator in such attacks, must be commenced within two years and
 15 six months after the decedent's death]. When the [distributees] persons
 16 for whose benefit an action pursuant to this part may be brought do not
 17 participate in the administration of the decedent's estate under a will
 18 appointing an executor who