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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4591: Prohibits broad indemnification by a design professional of a state or local agency or political subdivision involving public work for contracts

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

S 4591 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits broad indemnification by a design professional of a state or local agency or political subdivision involving public work for contracts. Primary sponsor: Jeremy Cooney (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 18, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE.

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.

Prohibits broad indemnification by a design professional of a state or local agency or political subdivision involving public work for contracts except to the extent that damages were caused by or are the proximate result of the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the design professional.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeremy CooneyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Kevin ParkerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42

“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. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  2. REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
  3. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  4. REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

Sources

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