Senate Bill S430

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the office of pretrial services

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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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2025-S430 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §510.45, CP L; add §837-y, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9947

2025-S430 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the office of pretrial services to certify and establish guidelines for pretrial services agencies in the state.

2025-S430 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    430
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and  the  executive  law,  in
   relation to establishing an office of pretrial services

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2, 4 and 5 of section 510.45 of the  crimi-
 nal  procedure  law,  as added by section 8 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2019, are amended and  three new subdivisions 1-a, 2-a,  and
 6 are added to read as follows:
   1. The office of [court administration] PRETRIAL SERVICES shall certi-
 fy  and  [regularly] review for recertification EVERY THREE YEARS one or
 more pretrial services agencies in each county to  [monitor  principals]
 PROVIDE  SERVICES  TO PEOPLE released under non-monetary conditions.  IN
 ORDER TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE, EACH PRETRIAL SERVICES AGENCY SHALL
 DEMONSTRATE THAT SUCH AGENCY HAS THE ABILITY TO PERFORM THE RESPONSIBIL-
 ITIES REQUIRED  OF PRETRIAL SERVICES AGENCIES AS DESCRIBED  IN  SUBDIVI-
 SION THREE-A OF SECTION 500.10 OF THIS TITLE AND MEETS THE MINIMUM STAN-
 DARDS  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  OFFICE OF PRETRIAL SERVICES AS DESCRIBED IN
 SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF THIS SECTION. Such office shall maintain a  listing
 on its public website identifying by county each pretrial services agen-
 cy  [so]  certified  in  the  state,  INCLUDING A PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL
 CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH PRETRIAL SERVICES AGENCY.
   1-A. IF THE OFFICE DETERMINES THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE  TO  DECERTIFY  A
 PRETRIAL SERVICES AGENCY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (N) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 SECTION  EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN-Y OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, BUT NO SUIT-
 ABLE ALTERNATIVE AGENCY EXISTS, THE OFFICE MAY PERMIT THE EXISTING AGEN-
 CY TO CONTINUE PROVIDING SERVICES  ON  A  PROBATIONARY  BASIS,  AND  THE
 OFFICE SHALL IDENTIFY AND IMPOSE APPROPRIATE REMEDIES AND REMEDIAL MEAS-
 URES,  WHERE  APPROPRIATE, TO BRING THE AGENCY BACK IN LINE WITH MINIMUM
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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