S 9699 — Provides that certain communications made without malice regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination shall be deemed privileged
Congress · introduced 2026-04-02
Provides that certain communications made without malice regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination shall be deemed privileged; provides that a prevailing defendant in an action brought against such defendant for making a communication that is privileged shall be entitled to attorney's fees and costs for such defense.
Latest action: 2026-04-02 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Cordell Cleare (—, NY-30) — sponsor · 2026-04-02
- Leroy Comrie (—, NY-14) — cosponsor · 2026-04-02
- Pete Harckham (—, NY-40) — cosponsor · 2026-04-02
- John Liu (—, NY-16) — cosponsor · 2026-04-02
- Zellnor Myrie (—, NY-20) — cosponsor · 2026-04-02
- Jessica Ramos (—, NY-13) — cosponsor · 2026-04-02
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2026-04-02
- Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, NY-32) — cosponsor · 2026-04-02
- José M. Serrano (—, NY-29) — cosponsor · 2026-04-02
- Jeremy Zellner (—, NY-61) — cosponsor · 2026-04-02
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO CODES
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Inbound (10)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | John Liu | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-02 | Jessica Ramos | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-02 | Zellnor Myrie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-02 | Luis R. Sepúlveda | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-02 | Pete Harckham | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-02 | Jeremy Zellner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-02 | Cordell Cleare | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-02 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-02 | Leroy Comrie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-02 | José M. Serrano | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cordell Cleare (—, state_upper NY-30) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jeremy Zellner (—, state_upper NY-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jessica Ramos (—, state_upper NY-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | José M. Serrano (—, state_upper NY-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Leroy Comrie (—, state_upper NY-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, state_upper NY-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Zellnor Myrie (—, state_upper NY-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-04-02 · cosponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-02 · cosponsored by John Liu (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-02 · cosponsored by Pete Harckham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-02 · cosponsored by José M. Serrano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-02 · cosponsored by Leroy Comrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-02 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-02 · cosponsored by Jessica Ramos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-02 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-02 · cosponsored by Jeremy Zellner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-02 · sponsored by Cordell Cleare (sponsor) · sponsorship