---
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).