Assembly Bill A6343

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing courts to consider a principal's threat to public safety when determining bail

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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-A6343 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §510.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9027
2021-2022: A1027
2023-2024: A1402

2025-A6343 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows courts to consider whether a principal poses a current physical danger to the safety of any crime victim, person or the community when determining bail.

2025-A6343 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6343
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, JONES, STERN, WOERNER, PHEFFER AMATO
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to allowing the
   courts to consider a principal's threat to public safety  when  deter-
   mining bail

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 510.10 of
 the criminal procedure law, as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part
 VV of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   When a principal, whose future court attendance at a  criminal  action
 or proceeding is or may be required, comes under the control of a court,
 such  court shall impose a securing order in accordance with this title.
 Except as otherwise required by law, the court shall make an individual-
 ized determination as to whether the principal poses a risk of flight to
 avoid prosecution OR WHETHER SUCH PRINCIPAL POSES A PHYSICAL  DANGER  TO
 THE  SAFETY  OF ANY CRIME VICTIM, PERSON, OR THE COMMUNITY, consider the
 kind and degree of control or restriction necessary to reasonably assure
 the principal's return to court, and select a securing order  consistent
 with  its  determination under this subdivision. The court shall explain
 the basis for its determination and its choice of securing order on  the
 record  or in writing. In making a determination under this subdivision,
 the court must consider and  take  into  account  available  information
 about the principal, including:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10351-01-5

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