NY S05637 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-05-03 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Requires a court to award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred for meritless actions and abusive lawsuits when it has granted a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action.

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Title

Requires a court to award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred for meritless actions and abusive lawsuits when it has granted a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action.

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-05-03SenateRECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
2017-04-24SenateREFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Same As/Similar To

A05516 (Same As) 2018-04-30 - enacting clause stricken

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