S 5521

New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 7, 2026.

Relates to the definition of consent.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-S-5521

Session 2025-2026

Status in_committee

Committee Codes

Senate in_committee 2026-01-07

Summary

Adds the definition of consent to the terms of general use; defines it as a freely given, knowledgeable and informed agreement by a person with the capacity to reason.

Sponsor

James Sanders Jr.

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2025-02-24	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-01-07	Status	in_committee
2026-01-07	Latest Action	In Senate Committee

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