republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-2440.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 2440	New York S 2440 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	HOYLMAN	1	12	4	2019-01-24	2019-02-14	openstates	ocd-bill/02617d1a-3fb0-48e7-8af9-7b1ef95e8510	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2440	03b7748ce9cddda17a855ab19dc5f347450f80049fa5b18a7c1ea13f77c33ed8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/02617d1a-3fb0-48e7-8af9-7b1ef95e8510. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).