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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides for the timeliness of commencing criminal and civil action for sexual offenses committed against children"
+description: "Provides that the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of a sexual offense committed against a child shall not begin to run until the child turns 23 years of age; provides that a civil action for conduct constituting a sexual offense against a child, shall be brought before the child turns 55 years of age; revives previously barred actions related to sexual abuse of children; grants civil trial preference to such actions; eliminates the notice of claim requirements for such actions when the action is brought against a municipality, the state or a school district; requires judicial training relating to child abuse and the establishment of rules relating to civil actions brought for sexual offenses committed against children."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 2440"
+citation: "New York S 2440 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-01-24"
+last_action: "2019-02-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02617d1a-3fb0-48e7-8af9-7b1ef95e8510"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2440"
+source_hash: "03b7748ce9cddda17a855ab19dc5f347450f80049fa5b18a7c1ea13f77c33ed8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 2440 (2019-2020) — Provides for the timeliness of commencing criminal and civil action for sexual offenses committed against children
+
+Provides that the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of a sexual offense committed against a child shall not begin to run until the child turns 23 years of age; provides that a civil action for conduct constituting a sexual offense against a child, shall be brought before the child turns 55 years of age; revives previously barred actions related to sexual abuse of children; grants civil trial preference to such actions; eliminates the notice of claim requirements for such actions when the action is brought against a municipality, the state or a school district; requires judicial training relating to child abuse and the establishment of rules relating to civil actions brought for sexual offenses committed against children.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S2440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2440&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **142–3** (pass) · lower
+- Judiciary Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- HOYLMAN — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-24** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-28** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.91
+- **2019-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-01-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-01-28** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2683
+- **2019-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.20
+- **2019-01-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-01-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2019-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.11 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02617d1a-3fb0-48e7-8af9-7b1ef95e8510`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+