S 10376 NY
Designates how certain parties may be named in a lawsuit; repealer
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This bill repeals Civil Practice Law and Rules section 1019 regarding substitution of public officers and amends section 1023 to require that public officers, bodies, boards, commissions, and public agencies be designated by their official title when suing or being sued in their official capacity. The amendment changes the requirement from discretionary ("may") to mandatory ("shall"). The court retains power to require actual names to be added when necessary. The bill takes effect January 1 following enactment and applies to all actions pending on or after the effective date.
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Designates how certain parties may be named in a lawsuit; repeals certain provisions on the substitution of parties.
Sponsor (1)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10376 Summary: BILL NO S10376   SAME AS No Same As   SPONSOR SEPULVEDA   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Rpld §1019, amd §1023, CPLR   Designates how certain parties may be named in a lawsuit; repeals certain provisions on the substitution of parties.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10376
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to how certain parties shall be designated; and to repeal section 1019 of such law relating to the substitution of public officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1019 of the civil practice law and rules is 2 REPEALED. 3 § 2. Section 1023 of the civil practice law and rules is amended to 4 read as follows: 5 § 1023. Public body or officer described by official title. When a 6 public officer, body, board, commission or other public agency may sue 7 or be sued in its official capacity, [ it may ] that person or entity 8 shall be designated by [ its ] the official title, subject to the power of 9 the court to require names to be added. 10 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 11 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all 12 actions pending on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15884-01-6
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