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A 7631: Sets the probable usefulness of judgments, compromised claims or settled claims resulting from certain child sexual abuse cases to up to 30 years.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified September 28, 2025

What A 7631 does, verified September 28, 2025

The bill aims to amend the local finance law to provide immunity for school districts and certain educational institutions from paying judgments, compromised claims, or settled claims resulting from child sexual abuse cases. This immunity would apply up to thirty years after the court orders are made. The bill would take effect immediately.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: substituted by s6372 (2025-06-09)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7631
What is the current status of A 7631?
As of September 28, 2025, A 7631 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 9, 2025, was "substituted by s6372".
Did A 7631 pass?
Not yet. A 7631 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 7631, and where is it now?
A 7631 was authored by Asm. Jen Lunsford with 3 coauthors.
Author and sponsors
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Coauthors
Jessica González-RojasAndrew HevesiCharles Lavine
Recent actions7 total · showing 5
Jun. 09, 2025substituted by s6372
Jun. 09, 2025ordered to third reading rules cal.518
Jun. 09, 2025rules report cal.518
Jun. 09, 2025reported
Jun. 06, 2025reported referred to rules
Full action history, 2 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 1, 2025 · 229 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7631 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY April 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the local finance law, in relation to the probable usefulness of judgments, compromised claims or settled claims result- ing from certain child sexual abuse cases The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of section 11.00 of the local finance law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 33-a-1 to read as follows: 3 33-a-1. Judgments, compromised claims, or settled claims resulting 4 from section two hundred fourteen-g of the civil practice law and rules. 5 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision thirty-three of this 6 section, the payment of judgments, compromised claims, or settled claims 7 against a school district, board of cooperative educational services, or 8 school district created by special act of the legislature, resulting 9 from court orders on proceedings brought pursuant to section two hundred 10 fourteen-g of the civil practice law and rules, up to thirty years. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10746-01-5 
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