A01917 Summary:

BILL NOA01917
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01408
 
SPONSORPerry
 
COSPNSRDinowitz, Gottfried, Seawright, Vanel, Barron
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §30.10, CP L; add §207-a, CPLR
 
Provides that the period of immunity from prosecution for a criminal or civil action that a defendant is entitled to by virtue of holding the office of president of the United States shall not apply to the calculation of the time limitation applicable to commencement of such actions.
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A01917 Actions:

BILL NOA01917
 
01/12/2021referred to codes
01/20/2021reported
01/21/2021advanced to third reading cal.53
01/05/2022ordered to third reading cal.87
04/05/2022recommitted to codes
04/05/2022enacting clause stricken
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A01917 Committee Votes:

CODES Chair:Dinowitz DATE:01/20/2021AYE/NAY:16/6 Action: Favorable
DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay
PretlowAyeGiglioNay
CookAyeMontesanoNay
CymbrowitzAyeReillyNay
O'DonnellAyeMikulinNay
LavineAyeTannousisNay
PerryAye
AbinantiAye
WeprinAye
HevesiAye
FahyAye
SeawrightAye
RosenthalAye
WalkerAye
VanelAye
CruzAye

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A01917 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A01917 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1917
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PERRY, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, SEAWRIGHT -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the  civil  practice  law
          and  rules,  in relation to enacting the "New York no citizen is above
          the law act"

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "New York no citizen is above the law act".
     3    § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure  law  is
     4  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
     5    (c)  Any  period  following the commission of the offense during which
     6  the defendant was holding the office of president of the United States.
     7    § 3. The civil practice law and rules  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     8  section 207-a to read as follows:
     9    § 207-a. Certain defendants. When a defendant is holding the office of
    10  president  of  the  United  States,  whether the cause of action accrued
    11  during or prior to the commencement of such period in office,  the  time
    12  that  elapses  between  the commencement of the period of the holding of
    13  such office and the termination of the period of  the  holding  of  such
    14  office  is  not  a  part  of  the  time  within which the action must be
    15  commenced.
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately  provided,  however,  that
    17  section  two  of  this act shall apply to all criminal actions for which
    18  such statute of limitations has not expired before such date and section
    19  three of this act shall apply to all civil court actions  commenced  on,
    20  before and after such effective date.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03249-02-1
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