Senate Bill S8925

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Exempts certain interested parties or people from civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from the place of such court proceeding

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  • 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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2017-S8925 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11013
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §28, Civ Rts L; add §4-a, amd §212, Judy L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S425, A2176

2017-S8925 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain interested parties or people from civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from the place of such court proceeding.

2017-S8925 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8925 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8925
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT to amend the civil rights law and the judiciary law, in relation
   to protecting certain interested parties or people from  civil  arrest
   while  going  to,  remaining  at,  or returning from the place of such
   court proceeding

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "protect
 our courts act".
   § 2. The civil rights law is amended by adding a  new  section  28  to
 read as follows:
   §  28.  CIVIL  ARREST; CERTAIN LOCATIONS. 1. A PERSON DULY AND IN GOOD
 FAITH ATTENDING A COURT PROCEEDING IN WHICH SUCH PERSON IS  A  PARTY  OR
 POTENTIAL  WITNESS, OR A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER IS A PARTY OR POTEN-
 TIAL WITNESS, IS PRIVILEGED FROM CIVIL ARREST WHILE GOING TO,  REMAINING
 AT,  AND RETURNING FROM, THE PLACE OF SUCH COURT PROCEEDING, UNLESS SUCH
 CIVIL ARREST IS SUPPORTED  BY  A  JUDICIAL  WARRANT  OR  JUDICIAL  ORDER
 AUTHORIZING SUCH CIVIL ARREST.
   2. IT IS A CONTEMPT OF THE COURT AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT FOR ANY PERSON
 TO WILLFULLY VIOLATE SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR AN ORDER OF THE
 COURT ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR-A OF THE JUDICIARY LAW, BY EXECUT-
 ING  AN  ARREST PROHIBITED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION OR SECTION
 FOUR-A OF THE JUDICIARY LAW, OR WILLFULLY ASSISTING OR WILLFULLY FACILI-
 TATING AN ARREST PROHIBITED  BY  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION  OR
 SECTION  FOUR-A OF THE JUDICIARY LAW; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT OR DEFENSE OF ANY PERSON, POLICE
 OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER OR PUBLIC OFFICER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-FIVE
 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   3. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A PROCEEDING FOR CONTEMPT OF THE COURT PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION HAS BEEN INITIATED:
   (A) A PERSON DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MAY BRING  A
 CIVIL  ACTION  FOR  APPROPRIATE EQUITABLE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF IF SUCH
 PERSON HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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