Assembly Bill A4200A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for statewide video arraignments

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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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2021-A4200 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1854
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §182.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4681
2011-2012: S837
2013-2014: S2242
2015-2016: A9264, S3083
2017-2018: A4581, S554
2019-2020: A5190, S1019, S4800
2023-2024: A1328, S4591

2021-A4200 - Summary

Provides that the court may, in its discretion, dispense with the defendant's personal appearance at an arraignment and conduct an electronic arraignment.

2021-A4200 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4200
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to  the  use  of
   video  monitoring  equipment  to  conduct  arraignments; and to repeal
   article 185 of such law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 185 of the criminal procedure law is REPEALED and a
 new article 185 is added to read as follows:
 
                                ARTICLE 185
                       ALTERNATE METHOD OF ARRAIGNMENT
 
 SECTION 185.10 DEFINITION OF TERMS.
         185.20 ELECTRONIC ARRAIGNMENT.
         185.30 CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON ELECTRONIC ARRAIGNMENT.
         185.40 APPROVAL BY THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS.
 
 § 185.10 DEFINITION OF TERMS.
   AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
   1.  "INDEPENDENT  AUDIO-VISUAL  SYSTEM" MEANS AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR
 THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEIVING OF AUDIO AND VISUAL SIGNALS, ENCOMPASSING
 ENCODED SIGNALS, FREQUENCY DOMAIN MULTIPLEXING OR OTHER  SUITABLE  MEANS
 TO  PRECLUDE  THE  UNAUTHORIZED RECEPTION AND DECODING OF THE SIGNALS BY
 COMMERCIALLY  AVAILABLE  TELEVISION  RECEIVERS  OR   MONITORS,   CHANNEL
 CONVERTERS, OR OTHER AVAILABLE RECEIVING DEVICES.
   2.  "ELECTRONIC  ARRAIGNMENT"  MEANS  AN  ARRAIGNMENT IN WHICH VARIOUS
 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING THE DEFENDANT, ARE NOT PERSONALLY PRESENT IN THE
 COURT BUT IN WHICH ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE  SIMULTANEOUSLY  ABLE  TO
 SEE  AND HEAR REPRODUCTIONS OF THE VOICES AND IMAGES OF THE JUDGE, COUN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01557-01-1
              

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2021-A4200A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1854
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §182.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4681
2011-2012: S837
2013-2014: S2242
2015-2016: A9264, S3083
2017-2018: A4581, S554
2019-2020: A5190, S1019, S4800
2023-2024: A1328, S4591

2021-A4200A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the court may, in its discretion, dispense with the defendant's personal appearance at an arraignment and conduct an electronic arraignment.

2021-A4200A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4200--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, B. MILLER, McDONOUGH --
   read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the use of
   video monitoring equipment to conduct arraignments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal procedure
 law, as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2009, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   1.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law and except as provided
 in section 182.30 of this article, the court,  in  its  discretion,  may
 dispense  with  the  personal  appearance  of  the  defendant, except an
 appearance at a hearing or trial, and conduct an  electronic  appearance
 in  connection with a criminal action pending in [Albany, Bronx, Broome,
 Erie, Kings, New  York,  Niagara,  Oneida,  Onondaga,  Ontario,  Orange,
 Putnam,  Queens, Richmond, St. Lawrence, Tompkins, Chautauqua, Cattarau-
 gus,  Clinton,  Essex,  Montgomery,  Rensselaer,  Warren,   Westchester,
 Suffolk,  Herkimer  or  Franklin]  ANY  county,  provided that the chief
 administrator of the courts has authorized the use of electronic appear-
 ance and the defendant, after consultation with counsel, consents on the
 record. Such consent shall be required at the commencement of each elec-
 tronic appearance to such electronic appearance.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
 ments  to  subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal procedure law
 made by section one of this act shall not  affect  the  repeal  of  such
 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01557-03-1

              

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