Overview
- The Senate Codes Committee, following survivor testimony Monday, advanced Sen. Zellnor Myrie’s bill on a unanimous, bipartisan vote.
- The measure would remove New York’s bar on suing a deceased perpetrator’s estate and open a one-year window to revive time-barred sex-trafficking claims.
- It would also expand liability to people and businesses that enable or profit from trafficking, naming hotels, banks and travel firms.
- The bill still needs an Assembly sponsor and floor votes in both chambers before it can reach the governor.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul has not stated a position, and attorneys warn the Epstein estate is shrinking, increasing pressure to act.