New York A 9502: Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree and the victim is a police officer

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A09502 Summary:

BILL NOA09502 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08809

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SPONSORLunsford

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COSPNSRSayegh

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1007 & 306-b, CPLR; amd §3, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.8071-A & A.8728)

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Relates to the time frames for certain court filings and the effectiveness of such provisions.

Go to top A09502 Actions:

BILL NOA09502 

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01/07/2026referred to judiciary

02/10/2026reported referred to rules

02/10/2026reported 

02/10/2026rules report cal.80

02/10/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.80

02/11/2026substituted by s8809

&nbspS08809 AMEND= ADDABBO

&nbsp01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/20/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.87

&nbsp02/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/05/2026referred to judiciary

&nbsp02/11/2026substituted for a9502

&nbsp02/11/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.80

&nbsp02/11/2026passed assembly

&nbsp02/11/2026returned to senate

&nbsp02/13/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/13/2026SIGNED CHAP.79

Go to topA09502 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:JUDICIARY Chair:Lavine 
DATE:02/10/2026AYE/NAY:19/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules LavineAyeTannousisAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

BraunsteinAyeBrownAye

SteckAyeMikulinAye

SeawrightAyeSmithExcused

WalkerAyeMolitorAye

McMahonAye

MitaynesAye

RajkumarAbsent

SimonAye

SayeghAye

LunsfordAye

BergerAye

ShimskyAye

CarrollAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:02/10/2026AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushExcused

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09502 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09502 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9502

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 7, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to time
 frames for certain court filings; and to amend a chapter of the laws
 of 2025 amending the civil practice law and rules relating to enacting
 the "avoiding vexatious overuse of impleading to delay (AVOID) act",
 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8071-A and A. 8728, in
 relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 1007 of the
 2 civil practice law and rules, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025
 3 amending the civil practice law and rules relating to enacting the
 4 "avoiding vexatious overuse of impleading to delay (AVOID) act", as
 5 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8071-A and A. 8728, are amended
 6 to read as follows:
 7 (b) [1.] A defendant shall [proceed with the filing and serving of a
 8 third-party summons and complaint against a person or legal entity who
 9 is or may be liable to that defendant for all or part of the plaintiff's
 10 claim against that defendant within sixty days after serving an answer
 11 upon the plaintiff in the event that such liability arises from a
 12 contractual relationship between the defendant and such person or enti-
 13 ty, or otherwise within sixty days of becoming aware that such person is
 14 or may be liable to the defendant for all or part of a plaintiff's
 15 claim.
 16 2. A third-party defendant who proceeds with the filing of its own
 17 third-party summons and complaint, becoming in effect a second third-
 18 party plaintiff, shall proceed with the filing and serving of such
 19 summons and complaint against a second third-party defendant, within
 20 forty-five days after serving an answer.
 21 3. A second third-party defendant who then proceeds with the filing of
 22 its own third-party summons and complaint, becoming in effect a third
 23 third-party plaintiff, shall proceed with the filing and serving of such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law