Assembly Bill A2303

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires a nominal bail informational proceeding for any defendant being held solely due to a bail amount of less than ten dollars

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A2303 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §530.41, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8345

2023-A2303 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a nominal bail informational proceeding for any defendant being held solely due to a bail amount of less than ten dollars within 48 hours.

2023-A2303 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2303
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to  requiring  a
   nominal  bail  informational  proceeding  for any defendant being held
   solely due to a bail amount of less than ten dollars

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  criminal  procedure  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 530.41 to read as follows:
 § 530.41 NOMINAL BAIL INFORMATIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
   WHEN A DEFENDANT IS BEING HELD FOR ONE OR MORE CHARGES SOLELY DUE TO A
 BAIL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN TEN  DOLLARS,  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  SHALL,  WITHIN
 FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT FOR A NOMINAL BAIL INFOR-
 MATIONAL PROCEEDING AND INFORMED OF SUCH BAIL AMOUNT.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03339-01-3



              

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