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S 7439: Waives the biennial attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who are employed in a public service job.
What S 7439 does, verified September 28, 2025
The proposed legislation aims to waive the biennial attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who are employed in a public service job. This waiver applies to attorneys who certify that they are either retired from the practice of law or employed in a public service job as defined by federal law. The fee, currently set at $375, would be split among three funds: one for state finance, one for the state finance law, and one for the attorney licensing fund. The legislation would take effect 90 days after it becomes law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY (2025-04-16)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7439
- What is the current status of S 7439?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 7439 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on April 16, 2025, was "REFERRED TO JUDICIARY".
- Did S 7439 pass?
- Not yet. S 7439 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7439, and where is it now?
- S 7439 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal. Its committee of record is Senate Judiciary.
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| Apr. 16, 2025 | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 16, 2025 · 397 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7439 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to waiving the biennial attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who are employed in a public service job The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 468-a of the judiciary law, as 2 amended by section 9 of part K of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 4. The biennial registration fee shall be three hundred seventy-five 5 dollars, sixty dollars of which shall be allocated to and be deposited 6 in a fund established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-sev- 7 en-t of the state finance law, fifty dollars of which shall be allocated 8 to and shall be deposited in a fund established pursuant to the 9 provisions of section ninety-eight-b of the state finance law, twenty- 10 five dollars of which shall be allocated to be deposited in a fund 11 established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-eight-c of the 12 state finance law, and the remainder of which shall be deposited in the 13 attorney licensing fund. Such fee shall be required of every attorney 14 who is admitted and licensed to practice law in this state, whether or 15 not the attorney is engaged in the practice of law in this state or 16 elsewhere, except attorneys who certify to the chief administrator of 17 the courts that they have either retired from the practice of law or are 18 employed in a public service job as defined by 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B). 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 21 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 22 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before 23 such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07902-01-5
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