Assembly Bill A4740

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the issuance of appearance tickets for certain violations of the agriculture and markets law

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A4740 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5715
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §150.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7989, S7160

2025-A4740 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the issuance of appearance tickets for certain violations of the agriculture and markets law when the person is charged with a crime for which the court may order the posting of a security.

2025-A4740 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4740
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, STECK, GLICK -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the  issuance
   of  appearance  tickets  for certain violations of the agriculture and
   markets law
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subparagraphs (x) and (xi) of paragraph (b) of subdivision
 1 of section 150.20 of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 1
 of subpart B of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,  are  amended
 and a new subparagraph (xii) is added to read as follows:
   (x)  the  person  is eighteen years of age or older and charged with a
 hate crime as defined in section 485.05 of the penal law; [or]
   (xi) the offense is a qualifying offense pursuant to paragraph (t)  of
 subdivision four of section 510.10 of this chapter, or pursuant to para-
 graph (t) of subdivision four of section 530.40 of this chapter[.]; OR
   (XII) THE PERSON IS CHARGED WITH A CRIME FOR WHICH THE COURT MAY ORDER
 THE  POSTING  OF A SECURITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08278-01-5

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