---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the probable usefulness of judgments, compromised claims or settled claims resulting from certain child sexual abuse cases"
description: "Sets the probable usefulness of judgments, compromised claims or settled claims resulting from certain child sexual abuse cases to up to 30 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 6372"
citation: "New York S 6372 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Mayer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a0436c0-df79-4b1b-b339-ec1a490a6a8c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6372"
source_hash: "b683e947120e61f120de892c53bfea9a1baf9a93e850e6b30ea32176c52be58a"
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 6372 (2025-2026) — Relates to the probable usefulness of judgments, compromised claims or settled claims resulting from certain child sexual abuse cases

Sets the probable usefulness of judgments, compromised claims or settled claims resulting from certain child sexual abuse cases to up to 30 years.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6372&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelley Mayer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** 1ST REPORT CAL.1360
- **2025-05-29** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-06-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7631
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.518
- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.553 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a0436c0-df79-4b1b-b339-ec1a490a6a8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).