Assembly Bill A859

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to securing orders for principals charged with certain qualifying offenses

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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-A859 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§510.10, 530.20 & 530.40, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9556

2021-A859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to securing orders for principals charged with certain qualifying offenses; includes certain sex offenses as qualifying offenses for which the court has discretion to release the principal pending trial on the principal's own recognizance or under non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or commit the principal to the custody of the sheriff.

2021-A859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    859
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE, FAHY, GRIFFIN, McMAHON, JONES, BUTTENS-
   CHON, WOERNER, LUPARDO, STERN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  securing
   orders for principals charged with certain qualifying offenses

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (s) and (t) of subdivision 4 of  section  510.10
 of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of part UU of chap-
 ter 56 of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows:
   (s)  a  felony,  where  the defendant qualifies for sentencing on such
 charge as a persistent felony offender pursuant to section 70.10 of  the
 penal law; [or]
   (t)  any  felony or class A misdemeanor involving harm to an identifi-
 able person or property, where such charge arose from conduct  occurring
 while  the  defendant  was  released  on  his or her own recognizance or
 released under conditions for a separate felony or class  A  misdemeanor
 involving harm to an identifiable person or property, provided, however,
 that  the  prosecutor  must  show  reasonable  cause to believe that the
 defendant committed the instant crime and any underlying crime. For  the
 purposes  of this subparagraph, any of the underlying crimes need not be
 a qualifying offense as defined in this subdivision; OR
   (U) ANY OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES WHERE THE DEFENDANT IS  REQUIRED  TO
 MAINTAIN  REGISTRATION  UNDER  ARTICLE  SIX-C  OF THE CORRECTION LAW AND
 DESIGNATED A LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE OFFENDER PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 SIX  OF  SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-L OF THE CORRECTION LAW: ENDAN-
 GERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 260.10 OF THE  PENAL
 LAW;  PUBLIC  LEWDNESS  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION 245.00 OF THE PENAL LAW;
 EXPOSURE OF A PERSON AS DEFINED IN SECTION  245.01  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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