S 6490 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the "state taxpayer oversight and protection (STOP) act"

Summary

Enacts the "state taxpayer oversight and protection (STOP) act"; relates to the payment of attorneys' fees by the state; provides that no attorneys' fees or expenses shall be paid if incurred on behalf of an employee in any action brought by the employee against the state; provides that attorneys' fees shall be presumptively unreasonable where an individual hires or employs multiple law firms on the same matter unless such employee can demonstrate the need for additional attorneys with distinct subject matter expertise.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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What changed between versions

S6490 → S6490A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to recommit it to committee for further review and to update its effective date provisions. The substantive legal text regarding attorney representation for state employees remains unchanged, but the bill now applies to both pending and future claims rather than just new claims.

Scope change

The bill's applicability was expanded to include pending claims in addition to new claims filed after the effective date.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date provision from applying only to cases filed on or after the effective date to also covering pending claims not yet paid by the state.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill status from initial introduction to include committee discharge, amendment, and recommitment for further consideration.

Added suffix '-A' to the bill number to indicate this is an amended version.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6490A

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

upper

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors