---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the statute of limitations for civil actions related to certain sexual offenses committed against a person eighteen years of age or older"
description: "Relates to the statute of limitations for civil actions related to certain sexual offenses committed against a person eighteen years of age or older, revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations and grants trial preference to such actions; directs the chief administrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication of certain revived actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 66"
citation: "New York S 66 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb10723d-8204-4ced-a645-7f5c85960029"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S66"
source_hash: "a544ed23fd4685b2432a7271e4a05b237df6350576698e1d488ac7297e1d40ec"
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 66 (2021-2022) — Relates to the statute of limitations for civil actions related to certain sexual offenses committed against a person eighteen years of age or older

Relates to the statute of limitations for civil actions related to certain sexual offenses committed against a person eighteen years of age or older, revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations and grants trial preference to such actions; directs the chief administrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication of certain revived actions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S66&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S66A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S66A)

## Votes

- Judiciary Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–4** (pass) · lower
- Finance Vote - Version: A — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)
- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- CLEARE — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REICHLIN-MELNICK — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1291
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** PRINT NUMBER 66A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.581
- **2022-03-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-04-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-04-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-04-26** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A648A
- **2022-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.282
- **2022-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** SIGNED CHAP.203 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb10723d-8204-4ced-a645-7f5c85960029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).