A03303 Summary:
BILL NO | A03303B |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S01178-B |
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SPONSOR | Abbate |
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COSPNSR | Weprin |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add Art 9 Title 2 S9-201, Gen Ob L | |
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Enacts the "Steven Kovacs Law" to impose an affirmative duty upon a residential host to render assistance to a guest on private premises in the event of a medical emergency. |
A03303 Actions:
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01/24/2013 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2013 | amend and recommit to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2013 | print number 3303a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2013 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2014 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/11/2014 | amend and recommit to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/11/2014 | print number 3303b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/13/2014 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2014 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2014 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2014 | rules report cal.249 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2014 | ordered to third reading rules cal.249 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S1178B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | 3RD READING CAL.78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/05/2014 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/17/2014 | vetoed memo.532 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/17/2014 | tabled |
A03303 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
No
Curran
No
Hawley
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Heastie
Yes
Mayer
No
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hennessey
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
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Sweeney
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Davila
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Hevesi
No
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tedisco
No
Barclay
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
No
McKevitt
Yes
Rivera
ER
Tenney
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hooper
No
McLaughlin
Yes
Roberts
No
Thiele
Yes
Benedetto
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobs
Yes
Miller
Yes
Robinson
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Titone
No
Blankenbush
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Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Millman
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Titus
No
Borelli
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
No
Montesano
Yes
Rosa
No
Walter
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
No
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
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Rozic
ER
Weisenberg
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Brindisi
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Finch
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Kearns
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Moya
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Russell
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Weprin
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Bronson
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Fitzpatrick
AB
Kellner
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Nojay
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Ryan
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Wright
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Brook-Krasny
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Friend
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Kim
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Nolan
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Saladino
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Zebrowski
Yes
Buchwald
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Galef
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Kolb
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Oaks
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Santabarbara
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Mr. Speaker
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Butler
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Gantt
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Lalor
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Scarborough
Yes
Cahill
No
Garbarino
Yes
Lavine
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Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
ER
Camara
No
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Otis
No
Schimminger
No
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
No
Palmesano
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Clark
Yes
Glick
No
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Colton
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Cook
No
Goodell
No
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
No
Corwin
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
No
Skoufis
Yes
Crespo
No
Graf
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
No
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
No
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
No
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‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A03303 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3303--B 2013-2014 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 24, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to enacting the "Steven Kovacs Law" to impose an affirmative duty upon a residential host to render assistance to a guest on private premises in the event of a medical emergency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Steven 2 Kovacs Law". 3 § 2. Article 9 of the general obligations law is amended by adding a 4 new title 2 to read as follows: 5 TITLE 2 6 SOCIAL HOST RESPONSIBILITY 7 Section 9-201. Social host responsibility. 8 § 9-201. Social host responsibility. 1. For the purposes of this 9 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 10 (a) "Host" means any person over eighteen years of age having control 11 over a private premises. 12 (b) "Control" means the actual authority and ability to regulate, 13 direct or dominate the private premises. 14 (c) "Private premises" means any home, apartment, condominium, cooper- 15 ative unit or other dwelling unit of any kind, including yards and open 16 areas over which the host has control. 17 (d) "Guest" means a person who is physically present on the private 18 premises of a host, as an expressed invitee of the host. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05048-04-4A. 3303--B 2 1 2. A host who is present and has expressly invited a guest to be pres- 2 ent upon the private premises over which the host exercises control, has 3 a duty to provide reasonable assistance to said invitee who is suffering 4 or has suffered a medical emergency which reasonably appears to threaten 5 the life of the guest. Upon failure to give reasonable assistance to 6 such guest after a request for such assistance, after having obtained 7 knowledge that such assistance was reasonably warranted, said host shall 8 be liable for damages for injuries sustained by such guest or for 9 damages for the death of such guest which occurred by reason of such 10 failure. Said duty shall be satisfied by obtaining or reasonably 11 attempting to obtain aid from law enforcement or medical personnel. 12 3. Notwithstanding subdivision two of this section, once a host at the 13 private premises has undertaken to render reasonable assistance to a 14 guest, it shall be a complete defense against any claim for damages 15 allegedly caused by acts or omissions of such person in rendering such 16 assistance, unless it is established that such injuries or death were 17 caused by gross negligence on the part of such person. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 19 have become a law.