Assembly Bill A6957

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides judges with more discretion to impose bail on principals and requires certain principals be committed to the custody of the sheriff; repealer

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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-A6957 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§510.10. 530.20 & 530.40, rpld §530.60, add §530.60, CP L

2025-A6957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides judges with more discretion to impose bail on principals charged with a felony, principals charged with a misdemeanor when awaiting trial for another crime, principals who are a threat to the safety and security of the community, principals charged with a felony serving a sentence of probation or while released to post release supervision; requires principals who have been charged with an offense related to three separate alleged instances of criminal activity are committed to the custody of the sheriff.

2025-A6957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6957
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  providing
   judges  with more discretion to impose bail on principals charged with
   a felony, principals charged with a misdemeanor  when  awaiting  trial
   for another crime, principals who are a threat to the safety and secu-
   rity  of  the  community,  principals  charged with a felony serving a
   sentence of probation or while released to  post-release  supervision,
   and requiring principals who have been charged with an offense related
   to three separate alleged instances of criminal activity are committed
   to the custody of the sheriff; and to repeal certain provisions of the
   criminal procedure law in relation thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 510.10 of the  criminal  procedure
 law,  as  amended  by  section 2 of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2020, the opening paragraph as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part
 VV of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, and  paragraphs  (s)  and  (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, is amended to read as follows:
   4. Where the principal stands charged with a qualifying  offense,  the
 court, unless otherwise prohibited by law, may in its discretion release
 the principal pending trial on the principal's own recognizance or under
 non-monetary  conditions,  fix bail, or order non-monetary conditions in
 conjunction with fixing bail, or, where the defendant is charged with  a
 qualifying offense [which is a felony], the court may commit the princi-
 pal  to  the  custody  of the sheriff. A principal stands charged with a
 qualifying offense for the purposes of this subdivision when [he or she]
 SUCH PRINCIPAL stands charged with:
   (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

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09359-04-5
              

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