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NY A07379
Bill
Status
3/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Clyde Vanel
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AI Summary
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Voids contract provisions requiring design professionals (licensed architects, engineers, land surveyors, and their business entities) to defend or indemnify municipal corporations, state authorities, local authorities, or state agencies for public infrastructure projects
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Limits enforceable indemnification obligations to damages caused by the design professional's own negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct, proportional to their degree of fault
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Applies to contracts executed on or after January 1, 2025 for professional services related to design, construction, inspection, monitoring, repair, or maintenance of public buildings, highways, bridges, water/sewer systems, and other public facilities
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Preserves indemnification requirements for non-professional liability claims covered by the design professional's commercial general liability insurance or automobile liability insurance
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Does not affect Labor Law sections 240 and 241, which govern workplace safety requirements on construction sites
Legislative Description
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 the proximate result of the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the design professional.
Last Action
referred to governmental operations
1/7/2026