Assembly Bill A8315

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to proceedings against juvenile and adolescent offenders

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6550 - Signed by Governor

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

2019-A8315 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6550
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§722.20 & 722.21, CP L

2019-A8315 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to proceedings against juvenile and adolescent offenders and allowing district attorneys to remove such offenders to family court.

2019-A8315 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8315
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to proceedings
   against juvenile and adolescent offenders
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 722.20 of the criminal procedure
 law, as added by section 1-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of  the  laws  of
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  When  a  juvenile  offender  is arraigned before a youth part, the
 provisions of this section shall apply. If the  youth  part  is  not  in
 session,  the  defendant  shall  be  brought  before the most accessible
 magistrate designated by the appellate division of the supreme court  to
 act  as  a  youth part for the purpose of making a determination whether
 such juvenile shall be detained OR, WITH THE  CONSENT  OF  THE  DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY,  IMMEDIATELY  REMOVED  TO  FAMILY  COURT.  If the defendant is
 ordered to be detained, he or she  shall  be  brought  before  the  next
 session  of  the youth part. If the defendant is not detained, he or she
 shall be ordered to appear at the next session of the youth part OR  THE
 FAMILY COURT.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 722.21 of the criminal procedure law, as
 added  by  section 1-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. When an adolescent offender is arraigned before a youth  part,  the
 provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply. If the youth part is not in
 session, the defendant shall  be  brought  before  the  most  accessible
 magistrate  designated by the appellate division of the supreme court to
 act as a youth part for the purpose of making  a  determination  whether
 such  adolescent  offender shall be detained OR, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY, IMMEDIATELY REMOVED TO FAMILY COURT. If the defendant
 is ordered to be detained, he or she shall be brought  before  the  next
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.