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S 6372: 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 · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified November 22, 2025

What S 6372 does, verified November 22, 2025

The bill aims to amend the Local Finance Law to extend the time period for paying judgments, compromised claims, or settled claims resulting from certain child sexual abuse cases. The payment period will be up to thirty years for school districts, board of cooperative educational services, and school districts created by special act of the legislature. This change will apply to court orders resulting from proceedings brought pursuant to a specific civil practice law and rules section. The bill will take effect immediately.

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Last action: SIGNED CHAP.553 (2025-11-21)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6372
What is the current status of S 6372?
As of November 22, 2025, S 6372 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on November 21, 2025, was "SIGNED CHAP.553".
Did S 6372 pass?
Yes. S 6372 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action November 21, 2025). New York laws take effect on the date written into the bill, often immediately on signing or a set number of days afterward.
Who wrote S 6372, and where is it now?
S 6372 was authored by Sen. Shelley Mayer.
Recent actions14 total · showing 5
Nov. 21, 2025SIGNED CHAP.553
Nov. 17, 2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Jun. 09, 2025returned to senate
Jun. 09, 2025passed assembly
Jun. 09, 2025ordered to third reading rules cal.518
Full action history, 9 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 11, 2025 · 234 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6372 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government 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 
Text of S 6372 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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