A 8635 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to the contents of claims

This bill modifies court filing rules for certain sexual offense claims. It exempts two specific types of cases from needing detailed legal descriptions: claims involving sexual offenses against children (including incest or child sexual performances), and claims involving sexual offenses against adults aged 18+. The exemption applies to court filings alleging physical or psychological injury from these acts, reducing the required specificity in the initial legal documents. The law applies immediately to new cases, pending cases, and some previously dismissed cases that are currently being appealed.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced May 22, 2025 Last action Apr 8, 2026

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A8635A → A8635B · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill revision reorders the new legal provisions regarding sexual offenses to list them alphabetically (changing 'd' to 'e' and adding 'f'). It also updates the bill's status in the legislative process and renumbers the effective date clauses to maintain correct sequence.

Scope change

The substantive scope of the law regarding sexual offense claims remains unchanged; only the internal numbering and legislative status have been modified.

TECHNICAL

Renumbered new legal subdivisions from 'd' and 'e' to 'e' and 'f' to correct the alphabetical order of the text.

Updated the legislative status line to reflect the bill was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee in accordance with Assembly Rule 3.

Renumbered the effective date clauses from (b) and (c) to (b) and (c) to fix a sequencing error where the original clause (b) was missing.

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8635B

lower

Apr 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8635A

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

lower

May 22, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

lower

1 primary · 14 co-sponsors