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A 2420: Requires that plaintiffs no longer have to prove that a sexual offense occurred on the premises of, chattels or property belonging to a corporate entity in action for negligent supervision.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified April 3, 2026

What A 2420 does, verified April 3, 2026

The proposed law aims to hold corporate entities liable for negligent supervision of employees or agents who commit sexual offenses. This law change would expand the definition of "corporate entity" to include any foreign or domestic corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other corporate entities operating in the state. Under this law, plaintiffs in civil actions against these entities would no longer need to prove that the alleged perpetrator committed the sexual offense on the entity's premises or with its property. The law would take effect immediately and apply to all pending actions and actions commenced on or after the effective date.

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Last action: referred to judiciary (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Maritza DavilaJo Anne SimonCarrie WoernerEmily GallagherKarines Reyes
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to judiciary
Jan. 16, 2025referred to judiciary
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 289 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2420 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DAVILA, SIMON, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to changing what needs to be proven in an action for negligent supervision The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general obligations law is amended by adding a new 2 section 18-202 to read as follows: 3 § 18-202. Liability for negligent supervision in cases of sexual 4 offenses. 1. For the purposes of this section, a "corporate entity" 5 shall include any foreign or domestic corporation, limited liability 6 company, limited liability partnership, or other corporate entity doing 7 business in this state. 8 2. In any civil action against a corporate entity, or any officer, 9 director, member or manager thereof, for negligent supervision of an 10 employee or agent alleged to have engaged in conduct that would consti- 11 tute a sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the 12 penal law, the plaintiff shall not be required to prove that the person 13 committing such sexual offense did so on the premises of, or with chat- 14 tels or property belonging to, the allegedly negligent corporate entity, 15 officer, director, member, or manager. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 17 pending actions and actions commenced on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05733-01-5 
Text of A 2420 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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