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A 7120: Authorizes a victim of domestic violence to apply to the county clerk to remove the violent felony offender from deed of co-owned real property in such county.
What A 7120 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to protect victims of domestic violence by allowing them to remove the name of their violent felony offender from the deed of their real property. This protection applies to victims who have been physically or emotionally injured by a family or household member. The victim can apply to the county clerk to remove the offender's name from the deed, which will prevent the offender from having any further control over the property. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7120
- What is the current status of A 7120?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7120 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
- Did A 7120 pass?
- Not yet. A 7120 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7120, and where is it now?
- A 7120 was authored by Asm. Latrice Walker with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Mar. 20, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 20, 2025 · 338 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7120 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALKER, SIMON, COOK, WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to victims of domestic violence The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 577 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 577. Violent felon removed from deed with victim. 1. For the 4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following 5 meanings: 6 (a) "violent felony offense" shall have the same meaning set forth in 7 subdivision one of section 70.02 of the penal law; 8 (b) "victim of domestic violence" shall mean any person who is a 9 victim of an act which would constitute a violent felony offense; and 10 (i) such act or acts have resulted in actual physical or emotional 11 injury or have created a substantial risk of physical or emotional harm 12 to such person or such person's child; and 13 (ii) such act or acts are or are alleged to have been committed by a 14 family or household member. 15 2. Any victim of domestic violence who holds title to real property 16 with the person who was convicted of the violent felony offense which 17 constituted the domestic violence against such victim may apply to the 18 county clerk in the county in which such real property is located to 19 remove the name of such violent felony offender from the deed of such 20 real property. Application shall be made in a manner and form to be 21 determined by such county clerk. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06841-01-5
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