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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5883: Enacts the "state taxpayer oversight and protection (STOP) act"

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 5883 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "state taxpayer oversight and protection (STOP) act". Primary sponsor: Grace Lee (Democratic). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Grace LeePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Ron KimCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Robert SmullenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  2. PRINT NUMBER 5883B
  3. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  4. PRINT NUMBER 5883A
  5. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  6. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source