S 7234: Bars completely the recovery of damages from the victim or a person acting on behalf of the victim for personal injury sustained by a person convicted of a crime when such injury occurred during the commission of such crime or while fleeing therefrom.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7234 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to estab- lishing a complete bar to recovery by persons injured while committing a crime The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new 2 section 1411-a to read as follows: 3 § 1411-a. Assumption of risk by persons convicted of a crime. In any 4 action to recover damages for personal injury, when such injury occurred 5 while the claimant was engaged in the commission of a crime or immediate 6 flight therefrom, the claimant shall be completely barred from recovery 7 of any damages from the victim or anyone acting on behalf of the victim, 8 if such claimant was convicted of such crime. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to inju- 10 ries occurring on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01805-01-5