S 9286 NY
Prohibits parties to mediation or dispute resolution from recording such proceedings without the consent of all parties
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Summary
This act prohibits any party to a court-annexed alternative dispute resolution proceeding, conference, or mediation from making an audio or video recording without the express consent of all parties and the mediator. The act provides that any recording made in violation of this requirement shall be inadmissible in any judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding. The act provides that any violation may be deemed contempt of court and subject to fines or other sanctions as directed by the court. The act takes effect ninety days after it becomes law.
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Official abstract
Establishes an all-party consent requirement for any audio or video recording of mediation and court-annexed alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
Sponsor (1)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda Democratic · primary
Action history (7)
- Feb 25, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
- Mar 12, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY · upper
- Mar 12, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 9286A · upper
- Mar 18, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.571 · upper
- Mar 19, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 23, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 14, 2026 SUBSTITUTED BY A9144A · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S09286 Summary: BILL NO S09286A   SAME AS SAME AS A09144-A
  SPONSOR SEPULVEDA   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §4506, CPLR   Establishes an all-party consent requirement for any audio or video recording of mediation and court-annexed alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
9286--A
IN SENATE
February 25, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to prohib- iting undisclosed recording of mediation and court-annexed alternative dispute resolution proceedings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 4506 of the civil practice law and rules is amended 2 by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this section 4 and article two hundred fifty of the penal law, no party to any court- 5 annexed alternative dispute resolution proceeding or conference or medi- 6 ation shall make an audio and/or visual recording of such proceeding, 7 without the express consent of all parties to the proceeding and the 8 mediator. 9 (b) No recording made in violation of this subdivision shall be admis- 10 sible in any judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding. 11 (c) Any violation of this subdivision may be deemed contempt of court 12 and shall be subject to fines or other sanction as the court may direct. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13729-03-6
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