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S 7440: Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law.
What S 7440 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to amend the civil practice law and rules in New York. It introduces a new condition under which an arbitration award can be vacated, specifically when an arbitrator has evidenced a "manifest disregard of the law" in rendering the award. This means that if an arbitrator consistently disregards the law, the award can be challenged. The bill also clarifies that a party can only vacate an award if they continued with the arbitration after noticing the defect, without objecting. The new provision aims to promote fairness and justice in arbitration proceedings.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: COMMITTED TO RULES (2025-06-13)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7440
- What is the current status of S 7440?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 7440 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 13, 2025, was "COMMITTED TO RULES".
- Did S 7440 pass?
- Not yet. S 7440 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7440, and where is it now?
- S 7440 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal.
Author and sponsors
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| Jun. 13, 2025 | COMMITTED TO RULES |
| May. 22, 2025 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| May. 21, 2025 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
| May. 20, 2025 | 1ST REPORT CAL.1206 |
| Apr. 16, 2025 | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 16, 2025 · 213 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7440 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 civil practice law and rules, in relation to vacat- ing arbitration awards on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of 2 section 7511 of the civil practice law and rules is amended and a new 3 subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows: 4 (iv) failure to follow the procedure of this article, unless the party 5 applying to vacate the award continued with the arbitration with notice 6 of the defect and without objection[.]; or 7 (v) the arbitrator evidenced a manifest disregard of the law in 8 rendering the award. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 10 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07903-01-5
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