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A05991 Summary:
BILL NO | A05991A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S00052-A |
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SPONSOR | Weinstein |
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COSPNSR | Seawright, Abinanti, Lupardo, Simotas, Taylor, Steck, Otis |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §§70-a & 76-a, Civ Rts L; amd R3211, CPLR | |
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Requires awarding of costs and attorney fees in frivolous actions involving public petition and participation; expands application of actions involving public petition and participation. |
A05991 Actions:
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02/26/2019 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2019 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/04/2019 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2019 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2019 | rules report cal.143 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.143 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | ordered to third reading cal.226 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/02/2020 | amended on third reading (t) 5991a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/21/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/21/2020 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/21/2020 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S52A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | 3RD READING CAL.757 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10/30/2020 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/10/2020 | signed chap.250 |
A05991 Committee Votes:
Dinowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
Titus | Aye | Montesano | Excused | ||||||
Lavine | Aye | Goodell | Aye | ||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Weprin | Aye | Walsh | Aye | ||||||
Braunstein | Aye | Byrnes | Aye | ||||||
Simotas | Aye | ||||||||
Quart | Aye | ||||||||
Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
Steck | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Joyner | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Wright | Aye | ||||||||
Wallace | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Kolb | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Finch | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Titus | Excused | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Excused | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Excused | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Excused | ||||||||
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A05991 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
No
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cruz
No
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
No
Stec
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
No
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
No
Ashby
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Griffin
No
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
No
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
No
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barron
No
DeStefano
Yes
Hevesi
No
Miller B
ER
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
No
Walczyk
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hyndman
No
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
No
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
No
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
No
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
No
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
No
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Byrnes
ER
Finch
Yes
Lavine
No
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Cahill
No
Fitzpatrick
No
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
No
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A05991 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5991--A Cal. No. 226 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT, ABINANTI, LUPARDO, SIMOTAS, TAYLOR, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retain- ing its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to actions involving public petition and participation; and to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to stay of proceedings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 70-a of the civil 2 rights law, as added by chapter 767 of the laws of 1992, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (a) costs and attorney's fees [may] shall be recovered upon a demon- 5 stration, including an adjudication pursuant to subdivision (g) of rule 6 thirty-two hundred eleven or subdivision (h) of rule thirty-two hundred 7 twelve of the civil practice law and rules, that the action involving 8 public petition and participation was commenced or continued without a 9 substantial basis in fact and law and could not be supported by a 10 substantial argument for the extension, modification or reversal of 11 existing law; 12 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 76-a of the civil rights law, as added 13 by chapter 767 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows: 14 1. For purposes of this section: 15 (a) An "action involving public petition and participation" is [an16action,] a claim[, cross claim or counterclaim for damages that is17brought by a public applicant or permittee, and is materially related to18any efforts of the defendant to report on, comment on, rule on, chal-19lenge or oppose such application or permission] based upon: 20 (1) any communication in a place open to the public or a public forum 21 in connection with an issue of public interest; or 22 (2) any other lawful conduct in furtherance of the exercise of the 23 constitutional right of free speech in connection with an issue of 24 public interest, or in furtherance of the exercise of the constitutional 25 right of petition. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04075-05-0A. 5991--A 2 1 (b) ["Public applicant or permittee" shall mean any person who has2applied for or obtained a permit, zoning change, lease, license, certif-3icate or other entitlement for use or permission to act from any govern-4ment body, or any person with an interest, connection or affiliation5with such person that is materially related to such application or6permission] "Claim" includes any lawsuit, cause of action, cross-claim, 7 counterclaim, or other judicial pleading or filing requesting relief. 8 (c) "Communication" shall mean any statement, claim, allegation in a 9 proceeding, decision, protest, writing, argument, contention or other 10 expression. 11 [(d) "Government body" shall mean any municipality, the state, any12other political subdivision or agency of such, the federal government,13any public benefit corporation, or any public authority, board, or14commission.] (d) "Public interest" shall be construed broadly, and shall 15 mean any subject other than a purely private matter. 16 § 3. Subdivision (g) of rule 3211 of the civil practice law and rules, 17 as added by chapter 767 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 (g) [Standards] Stay of proceedings and standards for motions to 20 dismiss in certain cases involving public petition and participation. 1. 21 A motion to dismiss based on paragraph seven of subdivision (a) of this 22 section, in which the moving party has demonstrated that the action, 23 claim, cross claim or counterclaim subject to the motion is an action 24 involving public petition and participation as defined in paragraph (a) 25 of subdivision one of section seventy-six-a of the civil rights law, 26 shall be granted unless the party responding to the motion demonstrates 27 that the cause of action has a substantial basis in law or is supported 28 by a substantial argument for an extension, modification or reversal of 29 existing law. The court shall grant preference in the hearing of such 30 motion. 31 2. In making its determination on a motion to dismiss made pursuant to 32 paragraph one of this subdivision, the court shall consider the plead- 33 ings, and supporting and opposing affidavits stating the facts upon 34 which the action or defense is based. No determination made by the court 35 on a motion to dismiss brought under this section, nor the fact of that 36 determination, shall be admissible in evidence at any later stage of the 37 case, or in any subsequent action, and no burden of proof or degree of 38 proof otherwise applicable shall be affected by that determination in 39 any later stage of the case or in any subsequent proceeding. 40 3. All discovery, pending hearings, and motions in the action shall be 41 stayed upon the filing of a motion made pursuant to this section. The 42 stay shall remain in effect until notice of entry of the order ruling on 43 the motion. The court, on noticed motion and upon a showing by the 44 nonmoving party, by affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury 45 that, for specified reasons, it cannot present facts essential to justi- 46 fy its opposition, may order that specified discovery be conducted 47 notwithstanding this subdivision. Such discovery, if granted, shall be 48 limited to the issues raised in the motion to dismiss. 49 4. For purposes of this section, "complaint" includes "cross-comp- 50 laint" and "petition", "plaintiff" includes "cross-complainant" and 51 "petitioner", and "defendant" includes "cross-defendant" and "respond- 52 ent." 53 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.