Position Statement – 2025 S.1807-A (Fernandez)/A.2311-A (Zaccaro) Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of stillbirth or fetal death. Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports the passage of S.1807-A (Fernandez)/A.2311-A (Zaccaro), legislation that prohibits the imposition of a fee for a stillbirth child’s certificate of death. In the ... Read More
WBASNY Legislation
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2025 – S.54 /A.101
Position Statement – 2025 S.54 /A.101 Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) strongly supports this legislation, which would amend penal law section 130 and prohibit the use of a victim’s voluntary intoxication as a defense in sex crimes. WBASNY believes this change in the law is ... Read More
2025 – A.1502 / S.1548
Position Statement – 2025 A.1502 (Rosenthal)/S.1548 (Fernandez) Legislation banning the use of certain restricted substances in menstrual products. Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports A.1502 (Rosenthal)/S.1548 (Fernandez) amending General Business Law Section 399-aaaa to prohibit the use of certain restricted substances in menstrual products, ... Read More
2025 – A.7683 / S.6910
Position Statement – 2025 A.7683 (Lavine) / S.6910 (Hoylman-Sigal) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports the passage of A.7683 (Lavine)/S.6910 (Hoylman-Sigal), which would reform the Notary Public Law to reflect that Notary Publics shall not be required to create or retain any notarial record of any notarial act when the notarization is in ... Read More
2025 – A.5379 / S.3888
Position Statement – 2025 A.5379 (Bores)/S.3888 (Fernandez) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) unequivocally supports A.5379 (Bores)/S.3888 (Fernandez), amending the Civil Practice Laws and Rules to prohibit the consideration of a person’s race, creed, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sex, familial ... Read More
2025 – A.10521 / S.8661-A
Position Statement – 2025 A.10521 (Hevesi) / S.8661-A (Hoylman-Sigal) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) strongly supports proposed legislation (A.10521/S.8661-A (Hevesi/Hoylman-Sigal)) creating a supervised visitation initiative in New York to enhance existing supervised visitation programs and add programs to areas of the State that do not have ... Read More
2024 – S.9733 / A.10353
Position Statement – 2024 S.9733 (Hoylman-Sigal)/A.10353 (Dinowitz) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) strongly supports S.9733/A.10353 (Hoylman-Sigal/Dinowitz), legislation that would amend the CPLR by adding a new venue provision in matrimonial actions. This legislation adds a new rule, Rule 515, that would require that a matrimonial action be brought ... Read More
2024 – S.3517
Position Statement – 2024 S.3517 (Fernandez) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) ”) unequivocally supports S.3517 (Fernandez), amending the Civil Practice Laws and Rules to prohibit the consideration of a person’s race, creed, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sex, familial status, marital status, or ... Read More