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Senate Judiciary Committee reports seven bills to the floor after brief procedural votes
Summary
On April 29, 2025, the New York State Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary advanced seven bills — covering forced debts, extreme-risk protection orders, low-impact landscaping, electronic wills, noncompete agreements, evidence rules and subpoena jurisdiction — mostly by voice vote with several recorded negatives or no-recommendation votes.
The New York State Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary on April 29, 2025, voted to report seven bills to the Senate floor or to other committees after brief presentations and procedural voice votes.
Committee Chair State Senator Brad Hoyleman Siegel opened the meeting and guided the panel through seven Senate prints; most were advanced by unanimous voice vote or with a small number of named senators voting no or recorded as “without recommendation.”
The measures taken up included bills on claims arising from so-called forced debts, consideration of recent acts of aggravated cruelty to animals when evaluating temporary extreme-risk protection orders, the Low Impact Landscaping Rights Act, electronic wills, prohibitions on employer agreements that restrict future employment, limits on use of certain devices as evidence of prostitution, and expanded jurisdiction for information subpoenas.
Votes at a glance
- Senate Print 1353A (by Senator Cleare). Description: Amends the General Business Law to establish a right of action for claims arising out of forced debts. Motion: moved by Senator Lou; seconded by Senator Bailey. Outcome: reported to the Senate floor.
- Senate Print 5514 (by Senator Henschey). Description: Amends the Civil Practice Law and Rules to permit consideration of recent acts of aggravated cruelty to animals when determining whether grounds exist for a temporary extreme-risk protection order. Motion: moved by Senator Bill; seconded by Senator Bailey. Outcome: reported to the Senate floor.
- Senate Print 7358 (by Senator May). Description: Enacts the Low Impact Landscaping Rights Act (referred to in the meeting as LIRRUP), amending the Real Property Law. Motion: moved by Senator Blue; seconded by Senator Bailey. Recorded: Senator Rhodes voted nay. Senators Canzoniere Fitzpatrick and Senator Colombo were recorded as without recommendation. Outcome: reported to the Senate floor.
- Senate Print 7416 (by Senator Hoylman Segal). Description: Amends the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law and the State Technology Law in relation to electronic wills. Motion: moved by Senator Lou; seconded by Senator Bailey. Recorded: Senators Cantonari Fitzpatrick and Senator Rose voted nay. Senator Colombo was recorded as without recommendation. Outcome: reported to the Senate floor.
- Senate Print 7437 (by Senator Hoylman Seagull in the transcript). Description: Amends the General Obligations Law to prohibit employer agreements that directly restrict a current or future employee's employment (a prohibition on certain noncompete agreements). Motion: moved by Senator Liu; seconded by Senator Mayer. Recorded: Senators Rhodes, Canton Area Fitzpatrick, and Columbo were recorded as without recommendation. Outcome: reported to the Senate floor.
- Senate Print 7448 (by Senators Brown and Taylor). Description: Amends the Civil Practice Law and Rules, the Criminal Procedure Law, and the Executive Law to prohibit possession of specified devices from being used in certain criminal or civil proceedings as evidence of prostitution. Motion: moved by Senator Boo; seconded by Senator Bailey. Recorded: Senators Rhodes, Kansas City (as named in the transcript) and Fitzpatrick voted nay. Senator Palumbo was recorded as without recommendation. Outcome: the committee reported the bill (transcript states it was reported to the Codes Committee).
- Senate Print 7468 (by Senator Hoylman Segal). Description: Amendments to the New York City Civil Court Act, the Uniform City Court Act, the Uniform District Court Act and the Uniform Justice Court Act to expand available jurisdiction for issuing information subpoenas. Motion: moved by Senator Lummel; seconded by Senator Bailey. Recorded: Senator Rose was recorded as without recommendation. Outcome: reported to the Senate floor.
Most items were advanced with only brief procedural remarks and without extended debate recorded in the committee transcript. Committee members present who were named during the proceedings included Senators Rhodes, Canzoniere Fitzpatrick, Blue, Bayou, Mayer, Lou, Bailey, Henschey, May, Liu, Brown, Taylor, Palumbo, Rose, Colombo and Lummel.
There being no further business, Chair Hoyleman Siegel adjourned the committee.
