Position Statement – 2023 2477-A (Hoylman-Sigal)/A. 5631-A (Reyes) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) supports the passage of S2477-A (Hoylman-Sigal)/A 5631-A (Reyes) which would require impose standards upon model management companies. New York is the center of the American fashion industry, boasting world-class creative talent, best-in-class production ... Read More
WBASNY Legislation
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2023 – FL S.
Position Statement – 2023 FL S.254 Oppose The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) opposes the passage of FL S.254, signed into law on May 17, 2023, which purports to grant Florida courts temporary emergency jurisdiction over transgender children and allow Florida courts to ignore other court orders and custody determinations. Additionally, given WBASNY’s reading of ... Read More
2023 – S.158 / A. 4983
Position Statement – 2023 S.158 (Kreuger)/ A. 4983 (Rosenthal) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports the passage of S.158/ A. 4983, which would provide for the protection of health information by ensuring that healthcare applications abide by Health Insurance Portabililty Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). This legislation creates a legal framework ... Read More
2023 – S.3060 / A. 3279
Position Statement – 2023 S.3060 (Kreuger)/ A. 3279 (Epstein) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports the passage of S.3060/A. 3279, which would establish a reproductive health services training grant program to provide education to medical students who work in abortion-restrictive states to come to New York State to learn how to perform these ... Read More
2023 – S.3171 / A.2528
Position Statement – 2023 S.3171 (Cleare)/A.2528 (Hevesi) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports the passage of S.3171 (Cleare) / A.2528 (Hevesi) which would amend the Penal Law to define the crime of sex trafficking of a child or vulnerable person and the crime of predatory sex trafficking. This bill would add Penal Law §230.34(a), defining that a ... Read More
2023 – A.6492
Position Statement – 2023 A.6492 (Hoylman-Sigal) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports the passage of S.6492, which would increase the number of family court judges in the city of New York to seventy-two and provides for an additional two family court judges in Westchester and Rockland counties and one in Erie and Niagara counties. The Franklin H. ... Read More
2023 – A.6698 / S.6636
Position Statement – 2023 A.6698 (Weinstein)/S.6636 (Hoylman-Sigal) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports A.6698/S.6636, which would amend the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law, (EPTL) Section 5-4.3 in relation to payment and distribution of damages in wrongful death actions. This law, which was enacted over 110 years ago, recognizes mostly pecuniary ... Read More
2023 – S.999A / A.170
Position Statement S.999A (Hoylman) /A.170 (Cruz) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports S.999A/A.170, which will establish the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings and provides for the administration thereof. This legislation would: (1) establish a universal right to counsel for indigent New Yorkers who are subject to removal ... Read More