Senate Bill S5973

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the elimination of bail; repealer

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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-S5973 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld Arts 520 & 540, §420.10 sub 1 ¶(e), §§530.80, 570.38, 570.42 & 246-a, amd CP L, generally; rpld §246-a, Lien L; ren Art 50 §§1000 - 1003 to be Art 51 §§1100 - 1103, add Art 50 §§1005 & 1006, Exec L

2023-S5973 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates bail for all offenses; provides for imposition of restrictions and conditions and remand for certain offenses; directs consideration of a defendant's character, reputation, habits, mental condition, activities and history, and whether they pose a danger to themselves, another person or the community, when determining a securing order; creates the commission on public safety reform to issue a determination on which offenses should be eligible for pretrial detention.

2023-S5973 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5973 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5973
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  eliminating
   bail;  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in  relation to establishing a
   commission on public safety reform; and to repeal  certain  provisions
   of the criminal procedure law and the lien law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of  section  140.20  of  the  criminal
 procedure  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  550  of the laws of 1987, are
 amended to read as follows:
   2. If the arrest is for an offense other than a class A,  B,  C  or  D
 felony  or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17, 205.19
 or 215.56 of the penal law, the arrested  person  need  not  be  brought
 before  a  local criminal court as provided in subdivision one, and [the
 procedure may instead be as follows:
   (a) A] INSTEAD A police officer may  issue  and  serve  an  appearance
 ticket  upon  the  arrested  person  and  release  him  from custody, as
 prescribed in subdivision two of section 150.20[; or
   (b) The desk officer in charge at a police  station,  county  jail  or
 police headquarters, or any of his superior officers, may, in such place
 fix  pre-arraignment  bail and, upon deposit thereof, issue and serve an
 appearance ticket upon the arrested person and release him from custody,
 as prescribed in section 150.30] OF THIS TITLE.
   3. If (a) the arrest is for an offense other than a class A, B, C or D
 felony or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17,  205.19
 or  215.56  of the penal law, and (b) owing to unavailability of a local
 criminal court the arresting police  officer  is  unable  to  bring  the
 arrested  person  before such a court with reasonable promptness, either
 an appearance ticket must be served unconditionally  upon  the  arrested
 person [or pre-arraignment bail must be fixed, as prescribed in subdivi-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10397-01-3
              

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dstnycnole
10 months ago

I am torn on this matter. I live in NYC and have seen repeat offenders back on the street in no time. No lessons learned. No consequences. Consequences are to people like me, who are afraid to walk around the city, for fear of being robbed, pick-pocketed, mugged or worse. I no longer feel safe carrying my handbag, wearing any jewelry, talking on my cell phone when on the streets. I no longer take the subway as I used to. Costing me more money anytime I need to go somewhere, resorting to using Uber or Lyft. Something has got to give. If you commit a crime, you should have to post bail. If they can't come up with $50/$100 where is the money they are stealing going? Drugs, mental health issues. Then putting them back on the streets is not the answer. We cannot let these petty crime thieves repeat their crimes without consequences. I pay my taxes. I abide by the laws. I want to feel safe again in my amazing city. Thank you for allowing me to vent.

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