New York Assembly Bill 1279

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to ways and means
Pending: Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes the child victims act fund which provides grant awards in reimbursement to public school districts and voluntary foster care agencies located within the state who have been named as defendants in certain child sexual abuse legal cases and in which it can be demonstrated by the public school district or voluntary foster care agency that no insurance policy for the covered period can be located after a good-faith effort to do so has been made, there was a monetary judgment issued or settlement agreement with regard to such action and where it can be demonstrated by the public school district or voluntary foster care agency that payment in full of such judgment or settlement would put a substantial burden on the district's or agency's ability to execute its mission and negatively impact its existing student population.

Establishes the child victims act fund which provides grant awards in reimbursement to public school districts and voluntary foster care agencies located within the state who have been named as defendants in certain child sexual abuse legal cases and in which it can be demonstrated by the public school district or voluntary foster care agency that no insurance policy for the covered period can be located after a good-faith effort to do so has been made, there was a monetary judgment issued or settlement agreement with regard to such action and where it can be demonstrated by the public school district or voluntary foster care agency that payment in full of such judgment or settlement would put a substantial burden on the district's or agency's ability to execute its mission and negatively impact its existing student population.

Asm. Jennifer Lunsford [D]	Asm. William Conrad [D]	Asm. Pamela Hunter [D]	Asm. Monica Wallace [D]
Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest [D]	Asm. Khaleel Anderson [D]	Asm. Phillip Steck [D]	Asm. Andrew Hevesi [D]
Asm. Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas [D]	Asm. Maryjane Shimsky [D]	Asm. Jo Simon [D]	Asm. Steve Stern [D]
Asm. Fred Thiele [D]	Asm. Taylor Darling [D]	Asm. Charles Lavine [D]	Asm. John McDonald [D]
Asm. Gina Sillitti [D]	Asm. Edward Ra [R]	Asm. Marianne Buttenschon [D]	Asm. Jonathan Rivera [D]
Asm. Patrick Burke [D]	Asm. Sarahana Shrestha [D]	Asm. Juan Ardila [D]	Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn [D]
Asm. Sarah Clark [D]	Asm. Patricia Fahy [D]	Asm. Dana Levenberg [D]	Asm. Alec Brook-Krasny [D]
Asm. Karen McMahon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Assembly	referred to ways and means
2023-01-13	Assembly	referred to ways and means

S04866 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A1279
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A01279&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A01279