On January 7, 2026, Senate Bill 2025-S4591 was referred to the NY Senate Procurement and Contracts Committee, a critical step in the legislative process before a bill can be brought for a full Senate floor vote. If it becomes law, it would ban certain indemnification obligations in public contracts involving engineers, architects, surveyors, and other design professionals. The bill effectively provides that a public agency would only be entitled to indemnification and defense
