Assembly Bill A921

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to protective orders for juries

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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-A921 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §270.15, CP L (as proposed in S.6239 & A.7495)
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6253

2025-A921 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies certain provisions relating to protective orders for juries.

2025-A921 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    921
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to protective
   orders for juries
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 270.15 of the criminal procedure
 law,  as  amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the criminal
 procedure law relating to protective orders for juries, as  proposed  in
 legislative  bills  numbers  S.  6239 and A. 7495, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1-a. The court may [for], UPON A FINDING  THAT  THERE  IS  good  cause
 [shown]  TO BELIEVE THAT A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OR INTEGRITY OF THE JURY
 EXISTS, upon motion of either party or any affected person or  upon  its
 own  initiative, issue a protective order for a stated period regulating
 disclosure of the names and the business or residential address  of  any
 prospective or sworn juror to any person or persons, other than to coun-
 sel  for  either  party.   In determining whether good cause exists, the
 court may consider:
   (a) whether the defendant or persons acting on behalf of the defendant
 have bribed, tampered with, or caused or  attempted  to  cause  physical
 injury  to  or harassed a juror or prospective juror in another criminal
 action or proceeding or in the instant criminal action or proceeding;
   (b) the seriousness of the charges against  the  defendant,  including
 whether  the  defendant  is  charged with participating in a large-scale
 criminal enterprise; and
   (c) the extent of pretrial publicity concerning the criminal action or
 proceeding.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the criminal procedure
 law relating to protective orders for juries, as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S. 6239 and A. 7495, takes effect.

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