S 8320: Provides exceptions from the requirement of specificity in pleadings in certain cases involving sexual offenses.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8320 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE June 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the court of claims act, in relation to the contents of claims The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 11 of the court of claims act is amended by adding 2 two new subdivisions d and e to read as follows: 3 d. Subdivision b of this section shall not apply to a claim brought 4 against any party alleging intentional or negligent acts or omissions by 5 a person for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition 6 suffered as a result of conduct which would constitute a sexual offense 7 as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law committed 8 against a child, incest as defined in section 255.25, 255.26, or 255.27 9 of the penal law committed against a child, or the use of a child in a 10 sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal law, or a 11 predecessor statute that prohibited such conduct at the time of the act, 12 which conduct was committed against a child. 13 e. Subdivision b of this section shall not apply to a claim brought 14 against any party alleging intentional or negligent acts or omissions by 15 a person for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition 16 suffered as a result of conduct which would constitute a sexual offense 17 as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law or incest as 18 defined in section 255.25, 255.26, or 255.27 of the penal law committed 19 against any person who was eighteen years of age or older. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to: 21 (a) any claim commenced on or after the effective date of this act; 22 (b) any claim pending on or after the effective date of this act; and 23 (c) any claim that was dismissed prior to the effective date of this 24 act for failure to specify the nature of the claim, the time when it 25 arose, the place where it arose, the items of damage or injuries claimed 26 to have been sustained, or the total sum claimed, provided that such 27 dismissal is being appealed or can be appealed as of the effective date 28 of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13307-01-5