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A00925 Summary:
BILL NO | A00925 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S00461 |
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SPONSOR | Dinowitz |
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COSPNSR | Seawright, Stirpe, Bronson |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add §§7500 & 7505-a, amd §7501, CPLR | |
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Requires disclosure of possible conflicts; provides for the vacating of an arbitration award on the ground that the arbitrator was affiliated in any way with any party, or has a financial interest directly or indirectly in any party or in the outcome of the arbitration. |
A00925 Actions:
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01/11/2023 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/06/2023 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/07/2023 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/07/2023 | rules report cal.82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/07/2023 | ordered to third reading rules cal.82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/08/2023 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/08/2023 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/08/2023 | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | ordered to third reading cal.32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2024 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2024 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2024 | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY |
A00925 Committee Votes:
Lavine | Aye | Tannousis | Aye | ||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Weprin | Aye | Walsh | Aye | ||||||
Braunstein | Aye | Byrnes | Aye | ||||||
Steck | Aye | Brown | Aye | ||||||
Seawright | Aye | Flood | Aye | ||||||
Joyner | Aye | ||||||||
Wallace | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
Cruz | Aye | ||||||||
McMahon | Aye | ||||||||
Mitaynes | Aye | ||||||||
Rajkumar | Aye | ||||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
Sayegh | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | Reilly | Aye | ||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
Davila | Excused | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Excused | ||||||||
Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
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A00925 Floor Votes:
Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Flood
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Slater
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chang
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ardila
ER
Clark
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Conrad
ER
Gandolfo
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bendett
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Curran
Yes
Glick
Yes
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Blankenbush
ER
Davila
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gray
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bores
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
ER
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hawley
Yes
McGowan
Yes
Rosenthal L
ER
Walker
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hevesi
ER
McMahon
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Meeks
ER
Santabarbara
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brown E
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Miller
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Norris
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
Yes
Novakhov
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Byrnes
Yes ‡
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Flood
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
ER
Slater
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Chang
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stern
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bendett
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes ‡
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
ER
Tannousis
Yes
Berger
Yes
Curran
Yes
Glick
Yes
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Davila
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gray
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Bores
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
Yes ‡
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brabenec
Yes ‡
Dickens
Yes
Hawley
Yes
McGowan
Yes ‡
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
ER
Hevesi
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
ER
Meeks
Yes
Sayegh
Yes ‡
Weinstein
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brown EA
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Miller
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
Yes
Novakhov
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
ER
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A00925 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 925 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, STIRPE, BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to grounds for vacating an arbitration award on the basis of partiality of the arbitrator The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Article 75 of the civil practice law and rules is amended 2 by adding a new section 7500 to read as follows: 3 § 7500. Definitions. As used in this article: 4 (a) "Arbitration" means a form of dispute resolution that is an alter- 5 native to litigation, in which the parties agree to be bound by the 6 determination of a neutral third party arbitrator. 7 (b) "Neutral third party arbitrator" means an arbitrator or panel of 8 arbitrators each of whom does not have an undisclosed known, direct, and 9 material interest in the outcome of the arbitration proceeding or a 10 known, existing, and substantial relationship with a party, counsel, or 11 representative of a party. 12 § 2. Section 7501 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by 13 chapter 532 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read as follows: 14 § 7501. Effect of arbitration agreement. A written agreement to 15 submit any controversy thereafter arising or any existing controversy to 16 arbitration is enforceable without regard to the justiciable character 17 of the controversy and confers jurisdiction on the courts of the state 18 to enforce it and to enter judgment on an award; provided, however, that 19 any language requiring the controversy be submitted to an arbitrator or 20 arbitration organization that is not a neutral third party arbitrator, 21 as that term is defined in subdivision (b) of section seventy-five 22 hundred of this article, shall be deemed void; provided that it shall be 23 valid with respect to the requirement that the controversy be arbi- 24 trated. The requirement that the controversy be heard by a neutral third EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00715-01-3A. 925 2 1 party arbitrator may not be waived by party prior to the service on such 2 party of a demand for arbitration. Upon disclosure pursuant to section 3 seventy-five hundred five-a of this article of a known, direct, and 4 material interest in the outcome of the arbitration proceeding or a 5 known existing and substantial relationship with a party, counsel, or 6 representative of a party, a party shall be deemed to have waived any 7 objection to the arbitrator or composition of any arbitration panel, by 8 failing to raise same prior to the commencement of the arbitration hear- 9 ing. In determining any matter arising under this article, the court 10 shall not consider whether the claim with respect to which arbitration 11 is sought is tenable, or otherwise pass upon the merits of the dispute. 12 § 3. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new 13 section 7505-a to read as follows: 14 § 7505-a. Disclosure by arbitrator. (a) Before accepting appointment, 15 an individual who is requested to serve as an arbitrator, after making a 16 reasonable inquiry, shall disclose to all parties to the agreement to 17 arbitrate and the arbitration proceeding and to any other arbitrators 18 any known facts that a reasonable person would consider likely to affect 19 the impartiality of the arbitrator in the arbitration proceeding, 20 including: 21 (1) a financial or personal interest in the outcome of the arbitration 22 proceeding; and 23 (2) an existing or past relationship with any of the parties to the 24 agreement to arbitrate or the arbitration proceeding, their counsel or 25 representatives, a witness, or another arbitrator. 26 (b) An arbitrator has a continuing obligation to disclose to all 27 parties to the agreement to arbitrate and the arbitration proceeding and 28 to any other arbitrators any facts that the arbitrator learns after 29 accepting appointment which a reasonable person would consider likely to 30 affect the impartiality of the arbitrator. 31 (c) If an arbitrator discloses a fact required by subdivision (a) or 32 (b) of this section to be disclosed and a party timely objects to the 33 appointment or continued service of the arbitrator based upon the fact 34 disclosed, the objection may be a ground for vacating an award made by 35 the arbitrator. 36 (d) If the arbitrator did not disclose a fact as required by subdivi- 37 sion (a) or (b) of this section, upon timely objection by a party, the 38 court may vacate an award. 39 (e) An arbitrator appointed as a neutral arbitrator who does not 40 disclose a known, direct, and material interest in the outcome of the 41 arbitration proceeding or a known, existing, and substantial relation- 42 ship with a party is presumed to act with evident partiality. 43 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.