S 2453: Provides that the period of immunity from prosecution for a criminal or civil action that a defendant is entitled to by virtue of holding the office of president of the United States shall not apply to the calculation of the time limitation applicable to commencement of such actions.
The New York No Citizen is Above the Law Act aims to reform the state's laws to ensure that no individual, regardless of their position, is above the law. This act proposes to amend the Criminal Procedure Law and the Civil Practice Law and Rules to create a new "New York No Citizen is Above the Law Act". Under this act, the time period during which a defendant holds the office of President of the United States would not be considered part of the statute of limitations for certain offenses. This means that if a crime is committed while the President is in office, the statute of limitations for that crime would not start running until the President leaves office. The act would take effect immediately, but its application would be phased in. Criminal actions for which the statute of limitations has not expired before the effective date would be subject to the new rule, while civil court ac…
| May. 18, 2026 | referred to codes |
| May. 18, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| May. 18, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| Apr. 27, 2026 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| Apr. 22, 2026 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2453 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, SALAZAR, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to enacting the "New York no citizen is above the law act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "New York no citizen is above the law act". 3 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure law is 4 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 5 (c) Any period following the commission of the offense during which 6 the defendant was holding the office of president of the United States. 7 § 3. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new 8 section 207-a to read as follows: 9 § 207-a. Certain defendants. When a defendant is holding the office of 10 president of the United States, whether the cause of action accrued 11 during or prior to the commencement of such period in office, the time 12 that elapses between the commencement of the period of the holding of 13 such office and the termination of the period of the holding of such 14 office is not a part of the time within which the action must be 15 commenced. 16 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that 17 section two of this act shall apply to all criminal actions for which 18 such statute of limitations has not expired before such date and section 19 three of this act shall apply to all civil court actions commenced on, 20 before and after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01801-01-5