S5521 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
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.
- Title
- Relates to the definition of consent
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Codes
- Introduced
- 2025-02-24
- Same as
- A1140
- Law section
- Penal Law
Sponsors
- James Sanders Jr. State Senator, District 10
Co-sponsors
- Toby Ann Stavisky State Senator, District 11
Heard in committee
- Codes NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A1140 (2025-26 session) NY State bill