S 887 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to filing in surrogate's court

Summary

Provides that a surrogate court clerk or chief clerk shall refuse to accept for filing papers filed in a proceeding only under certain circumstances or as designated in statute, administrative rule or order of the court; provides such reasons; requires the payment of any applicable statutory fees, or an order of the court waiving payment of such fees, before accepting a paper for filing; makes related provisions.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Mar 17, 2026

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What changed between versions

S887 → S887A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends the surrogate's court procedure act by reorganizing filing requirements for papers submitted to the court. The main change involves restructuring how clerks handle filing fees and paper acceptance, moving fee requirements to a new subsection (b) and renumbering subsequent subsections accordingly.

REQUIREMENT

Reorganized filing procedures by renumbering subsections and updating the bill's title from 'S 887' to 'S 887--A' to reflect amendments.

TECHNICAL

Changed the bill's effective date reference from January 8, 2025 to January 8, 2025 with updated committee discharge language indicating the bill was amended and recommitted.

Updated bill identification numbers from LBD02136-01-5 to LBD02136-02-5 to reflect the amended version.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2026

How they voted

62–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 63

Mar 17, 2026

D Democratic41

40 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican22

22 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 17, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

lower

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

upper

May 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 887A

upper

May 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

upper

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors