STATE OF NEW YORK
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10334
IN SENATE
May 14, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the number of surro-
gate's court judges in Bronx County
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 179 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 240
2 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 179. Surrogates, New York county, Bronx county and Kings county. The
4 surrogate's courts of New York county, Bronx county and Kings county
5 shall each consist of two surrogates.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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