STATE OF NEW YORK
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10376
IN SENATE
May 15, 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 civil practice law and rules, in relation to how
certain parties shall be designated; and to repeal section 1019 of
such law relating to the substitution of public officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1019 of the civil practice law and rules is
2 REPEALED.
3 § 2. Section 1023 of the civil practice law and rules is amended to
4 read as follows:
5 § 1023. Public body or officer described by official title. When a
6 public officer, body, board, commission or other public agency may sue
7 or be sued in its official capacity, [it may] that person or entity
8 shall be designated by [its] the official title, subject to the power of
9 the court to require names to be added.
10 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
11 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all
12 actions pending on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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