Assembly Bill A7078

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes offenses involving physical harm or danger to others to be qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • 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-A7078 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§510.10, 530.20 & 530.40, CP L

2023-A7078 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes offenses involving situations where a person physically harms another or engages in conduct that results in an unacceptable level of danger as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail; requires the Office of Court Administration, in conjunction with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, to manage an electronic tracking system maintaining a record of all bail decisions and to deliver a report to the legislature.

2023-A7078 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7078
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ZEBROWSKI, WOERNER, FAHY, WALLACE -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  including
   certain  offenses involving situations where a person physically harms
   another or engages in conduct that results in an unacceptable level of
   danger as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a  principal
   to  be eligible to be held on bail; and to require the Office of Court
   Administration to establish  an electronic tracking system maintaining
   a record of all bail decisions and to deliver a report to the legisla-
   ture
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs  (a),  (m),  (t)  and  (u) of subdivision 4 of
 section 510.10 of the criminal procedure law, paragraph (a)  as  amended
 and  paragraph (m) as added by section 2 of part UU of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2020, and paragraph (t) as amended and paragraph (u) as added by
 section 2 of subpart B of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, are
 amended and seven new paragraphs (v), (w), (x), (y), (z), (aa) and  (bb)
 are added to read as follows:
   (a) a felony enumerated in section 70.02 of the penal law[, other than
 robbery  in  the  second degree as defined in subdivision one of section
 160.10 of the penal law, provided, however, that burglary in the  second
 degree  as defined in subdivision two of section 140.25 of the penal law
 shall be a qualifying offense only where the defendant is  charged  with
 entering the living area of the dwelling];
   (m)  assault  in  the third degree as defined in section 120.00 of the
 penal law [or arson in the third degree as defined in section 150.10  of
 the penal law], when such crime is charged as a hate crime as defined in
 section 485.05 of the penal law;
   (t)  any  felony or class A misdemeanor involving harm to an identifi-
 able person or property, or any  charge  of  criminal  possession  of  a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10672-02-3
              

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