House of Delegates
FUTURE HOUSE OF DELEGATES MEETING DATES
Saturday, November 4, 2023 – Bar Center, Albany
Friday, January 19, 2024 – New York City
Saturday, April 6, 2024 – Bar Center, Albany
Saturday, June 8, 2024 – Bar Center, Albany
Saturday, November 2, 2024 – Bar Center, Albany
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The New York State Bar Association webcasts its quarterly House of Delegates meetings for members and the public to view. Each link below will take you to a webcast video with a table of contents for each meeting, so that you can view specific portions of each webcast. Archives are posted shortly after the meetings.
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Report and recommendations of Committee on the New York State Constitution on Simplification of the State Constitution
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 10, 2023
Report and recommendations of Task Force on Modernization of Criminal Practice
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 10, 2023
Report and recommendations of Task Force on Mental Health and Trauma Informed Representation
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 10, 2023
Resolution and report of the Committee on Membership on a Subscription Payment Model of Membership
Adopted by the House of Delegates on June 10, 2023
Resolution and reports of Task Force on Notarization
Adopted by the NYSBA House of Delegates on April 1, 2023
Resolutions and report of Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency
Adopted by the NYSBA House of Delegates on April 1, 2023
Report and recommendations of Task Force on Racism, Social Equity, and the Law
Approved by the NYSBA House of Delegates on January 20, 2023
Report and recommendations of the Committee on the New York State Constitution on Gubernatorial Selection in New York: Constitutional and Statutory Recommendations Regarding Gubernatorial Succession and Inability
Approved by the NYSBA House of Delegates on January 20, 2023
Resolution and report of LGBTQ Law Section
Adopted by the NYSBA House of Delegates on January 20, 2023
Report and recommendations of the Committee on Legal Aid and President’s Committee on Access to Justice
Approved by the NYSBA House of Delegates on November 5, 2022
Resolution and report of the Women in Law Section
Adopted by the NYSBA House of Delegates on November 5, 2022
Resolution and report of the Task Force on the U.S. Territories
Adopted by the NYSBA House of Delegates on November 5, 2022
Resolution of the International Section
Adopted by the House of Delegates on November 5, 2022
Resolution of the International Section regarding Investigation and Prosecution of the Russian Federation and its Culpable Officials arising from its Illegal Military Invasion of Ukraine
Adopted by the Executive Committee on July 19, 2022
Resolution of the Task Force on the U.S. Territories on the Insular Cases
Adopted by the Executive Committee on July 19, 2022
Resolution of the Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Adopted by the House of Delegates on June 18, 2022
Report and recommendations of Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct (New Comments to Rules 1.4 and 5.6 Regarding Departing Lawyers)
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 18, 2022
Report and recommendations of Task Force on Voting Rights and Democracy
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 18, 2022
Resolution of Committee on Families and the Law on Racial Justice and Child Welfare with Report
Adopted by the House of Delegates on April 2, 2022
Report and recommendations of Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (2021 Diversity Report Card)
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 22, 2022
Report and recommendations of The New York City Bar Association on Proposed Amendment to the New York Court of Appeals Part 523 Rules for the Temporary Practice of Law in New York
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 22, 2022.
Report and recommendations of Local and State Government Law Section (Administrative Law Judges Updated Code of Conduct)
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 22, 2022.
Report and recommendations of Working Group on New York Bar Application Question 26
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 22, 2022.
Report and recommendations of Committee on Cannabis Law (creation of Section on Cannabis Law)
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 22, 2022.
Report of the Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct on Rule: Comments to Rule 5.6
Approved by the House of Delegates on October 30, 2021
Report of the Committee on Immigration Representation, Committee on Legal Aid, Committee on Mandated Representation, and Criminal Justice Section
Approved by the House of Delegates on October 30, 2021
Report of the Emergency Task Force on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners
Approved by the House of Delegates on October 30, 2021
Report of the Task Force on Attorney Wellbeing
Approved by the House of Delegates on October 30, 2021
Report and recommendations of the Emergency Task Force on Mandatory Vaccination and Safeguarding the Public Health
Approved by the Executive Committee on August 27, 2021
Report and recommendations of the Task Force on Uniform Rules
Approved by the Executive Committee on August 6, 2021
Report and recommendations of Task Force on Free Expression in the Digital Age
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 12, 2021
Report and recommendations of Task Force on Racial Injustice and Police Reform
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 12, 2021
Report and recommendations of Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct: Proposal to Amend Rule 8.4(g) of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 12, 2021
Report and recommendations of Task Force on the New York Bar Examination
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 12, 2021
Report and recommendations of Task Force on the Nursing Home and Long-Term Care
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 12, 2021
Report and recommendations of Lease Negotiation Committee
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 12, 2021
Report and recommendations of Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct: Proposals to Amend Comments Relating to Rule 1.8(e)(4) of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 10, 2021
Report and recommendations of Bylaws Committee
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 30, 2021
Report and recommendations of Committee on Immigration Representation
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 30, 2021
Report and recommendations of Committee on Mandated Representation
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 30, 2021
Report and recommendations of the Task Force on Mass Shootings and Assault Weapons
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 7, 2020
Report and recommendations of Committee on Bylaws
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 7, 2020
Report and recommendations of Health Law Section
The resolutions appearing with this report were adopted by the House of Delegates on November 7, 2020
Report and recommendations of Committee on LGBTQ People and the Law
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 7, 2020
Resolution on Broadband Access
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 27, 2020
Report and recommendations of Special Committee on Association Structure and Operations
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 27, 2020
Report and recommendations of Task Force on the Parole System
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 27, 2020
Report and recommendations of Task Force on Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 27, 2020
Report and recommendations of Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 13, 2020
Report and recommendations of Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 13, 2020
Report and recommendations of Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 13, 2020
Task Force on Rural Justice
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 4, 2020
Task Force on the NY Bar Examination
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 4, 2020
Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 4, 2020
Report of Nominating Committee and election of elected delegates to the House of Delegates
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 31, 2020
Report and recommendations of New York County Lawyers’ Association
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 31, 2020
Report and recommendations of Committee on Cannabis Law
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 31, 2020
Report and recommendations of Committee on Diversity and Inclusion
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 31, 2020
Report and recommendations of Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 31, 2020
Resolution of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion on Civility, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the Association, the Legal Profession, and Society at Large
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 2, 2019
Report of the Task Force on the Parole System
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 2, 2019
Report of the Working Group on Attorney Mental Health
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 2, 2019
Report of the Committee on Immigration Representation
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 15, 2019
Task Force on the Role of Paralegals
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 15, 2019
Report of the Task Force on Incarceration Release Planning and Programs
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 13, 2019
Report of the Committee on Attorney Professionalism
Approve by the House of Delegates on April 13, 2019
Report of the Task Force on the Evaluation of Candidates for Election to Judicial Office
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 13, 2019
Report of the Task Force on School to Prison Pipeline
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 13, 2019
Report on the Task Force on Wrongful Convictions
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 13, 2019
Report of the Working Group on Judiciary Law §470
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 18, 2019
Resolution of the Criminal Justice Section on Bail Reform
Adopted by the House of Delegates on January 26, 2018
Report on Local and State Government Law Section Model Pro Bono Policy for Attorney Employees of Local Governments and Local Government Agencies
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 3, 2018
Report of the Criminal Justice Section and the Committee on Mandated Representation on Assigned Counsel Rates in New York
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 16, 2018
Jones Act Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 16, 2018
Report from the Criminal Justice Section on Federal Sealing
Approved by the Executive Committee on June 15, 2018
International Section, Latin American Council Best Practice Guidelines
Approved by the NYSBA Executive Committee, April 2018
Report from the Criminal Justice Section on Town and Village Justice Courts
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 14, 2018
Report from the Committee on Families and the Law
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 14, 2018
Report from the NYSBA/WBASNY Domestic Violence Initiative
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 26, 2018
Report from the Committee on immigration Representation on Immigration and Customs Enforcement Arrests in Courthouses
Approved by the Executive Committee on January 26, 2018
Report from the Tax Section on Driver’s License Suspension Program
Approved by the Executive Committee on November 3, 2017
Report from the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section’s Task Force on Women’s Initiatives
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 4, 2017
Report from the Trusts and Estates Law Section on the Uniform Trust Code
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 4, 2017
Report of New York County Lawyers Association Task Force on On-Line Legal Providers Regarding On-Line Legal Documents
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 4, 2017
Committee on the New York State Constitution Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 17, 2017
Report of the Continuing Legal Education Committee
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 27, 2017
The Judiciary Article of the New York State Constitution Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 27, 2017
Committee on the New York State Constitution Environmental Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 5, 2016
Limited Scope Representation Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 5, 2016
Model Pro Bono Policy for Government Attorneys
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 18, 2016
Constitutional Home Rule Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 2, 2016
Special Committee on Re-Entry Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 29, 2016
Working Group on Power of Attorney Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 29, 2016
Committee on the New York State Constitution Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 7, 2015
Women in the Law Paid Leave Report with Resolution
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 7, 2015
Discovery in Disciplinary Proceedings Report
Approved by the Executive Committee on July 23, 2015
Task Force on Gun Violence
Approved by the House of Delegates on March 28, 2015
Criminal Discovery
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 30, 2015
Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar – Report on the Uniform Bar Exam
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 30, 2015
Law, Youth, and Citizenship – Civic Education
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 31, 2014
Appellate Division Rules
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 24, 2014
Judicial Diversity
Approved by the House of Delegates on September 17, 2014
Family Court
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 25, 2013
Solitary Confinement in New York State
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 25, 2013
Voter Participation
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 25, 2013
REPORTS 2012
Court Funding Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 27, 2012
Sealing Records of Conviction
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 27, 2012
Electronic Filing in New York State Courts
Approved by the House of Delegates on March 30, 2012
Discovery and Case Management in Federal Litigation
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 23, 2012
Immigration Representation
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 23, 2012
Nonlawyer Ownership Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 17, 2012
Veterans Report
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 17, 2012
Government Ethics
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 28, 2011
Future of the Legal Profession
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 14, 2011
Judicial Conduct
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 14, 2011
New York Law in International Matters
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 25, 2011
In-House Counsel
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 2010
Pleading Standards in Federal Litigation
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 2010
Report and recommendations of the Committee on Court Structure and Judicial Selection
Adopted by the House of Delegates in January 2009
Arbitration Discovery in Domestic Commercial Cases
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 4, 2009
Global Warming
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 4, 2009
Judicial Conduct – Model Code
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 4, 2009
Wrongful Convictions
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 4, 2009
Privacy
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 4, 2009
Courthouses
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 10, 2009
Report and recommendations of the Committee on Court Structure and Judicial Selection on the Process of Selecting Judges for the Court of Appeals
Approved by the Executive Committee on June 12, 2009
Same-Sex Marriage
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 20, 2009
Solo and Small Firm Practice
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 20, 2009
Criminal Cases – Applications for Leave to Appeal in the New York Court of Appeals
Approved by the Executive Committee on November 6, 2009
Report and recommendations of the Special Committee to Review the Code of Judicial Conduct
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 10, 2009
Resolution and report of the Task Force on Town and Village Justice Courts
Approved by the House of Delegates on February 1, 2008
Attorney Conduct
Approved by the House of Delegates on February 1, 2008
Balanced Lives in the Law
Approved by the House of Delegates on March 7, 2008
Executive Detention
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 21, 2008
Civil Rights Agenda
Approved by the House of Delegates October, 2008
Report of the President’s Committee on Access to Justice
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 1, 2008
Age Discrimination
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 26, 2007
E-Filing
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 26, 2007
Professional Conduct Rules
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 26, 2007
Not-for-Profit Corporations Law
Approved by the House of Delegates May 2007
Eminent Domain
Approved by the House of Delegates July 2007
Report and recommendations of the Task Force on Lawyer Advertising
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 27, 2006
Report and recommendations of the Special Committee to Ensure Quality of Mandated Representation
Approved by the House of Delegates on January 27, 2006
Report and recommendations of Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege
Approved by the House of Delegates on March 27, 2006
Report of the Special Committee on Unlawful Practice of Law
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 1, 2006
Report and recommendations of Special Committee on Funding for Civil Legal Services
Approved by the House of Delegates on April 1, 2006
Report and recommendations of the Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 24, 2006
Report and recommendations of the Special Committee on Court Structure and Judicial Selection
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 24, 2006
Report and recommendations of the Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 4, 2006
Report and recommendations of the Special Committee on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings Approved by the House of Delegates on November 4, 2006
Report and recommendations of Commercial and Federal Litigation Section on the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2005
Approved by the House of Delegates on November 5, 2005
Report and recommendations of the Special Committee on Law Practice Continuity
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 25, 2005
Report and recommendations of the New York County Lawyers’ Association on Judicial Independence
Approved by the House of Delegates on June 25, 2005
Report and recommendations of the Special Committee to Promote Public Trust and Confidence in the Legal System
Adopted by the House of Delegates in January 2001
Report and recommendations of the Special Committee on Cameras in the Courtroom
Approved by the House of Delegates in March 2001
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