Senate Bill S2224

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the "juvenile offender second chance act"

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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-S2224 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6491
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§720.10, 720.20 & 720.25, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5207
2019-2020: S7539, A3837
2023-2024: S4915, A4432

2021-S2224 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the "juvenile offender second chance act" which establishes the ability for a person to be adjudicated to be a youthful offender and receive all provisions and benefits of being a youthful offender.

2021-S2224 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2224 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2224
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the "juvenile
   offender second chance act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 4, 5 and 6 of section 720.10 of  the  criminal
 procedure  law,  as  renumbered  by chapter 481 of the laws of 1978, are
 renumbered subdivisions 5, 6 and 7 respectively and two new subdivisions
 4 and 8 are added to read as follows:
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OR THREE OF  THIS
 SECTION,  A PERSON SEEKING RELIEF PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION
 720.20 OF THIS ARTICLE, IS AN ELIGIBLE YOUTH IF THEY MEET THE  FOLLOWING
 CRITERIA:
   (A)  THE  PERSON  WAS CONVICTED OR SENTENCED AS A JUVENILE OFFENDER AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FORTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.20 OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (B) THE PERSON IS AT LEAST TWENTY-SIX YEARS OLD;
   (C) THE PERSON HAS NOT BEEN CONVICTED OR SENTENCED FOR ANOTHER FELONY;
   (D) THE PERSON HAS NOT BEEN CONVICTED OR SENTENCED FOR MORE  THAN  ONE
 OTHER MISDEMEANOR;
   (E)  THE PERSON IS NOT REGISTERED AS A LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-L OF THE CORRECTION LAW; AND
   (F) THE PERSON IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER STRICT INTENSIVE SUPERVISIONS OR
 CIVIL COMMITMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TEN OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   8. "ELIGIBLE YOUTH PETITIONER" MEANS A  PERSON  ELIGIBLE  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, WHO PETITIONS THE COURT FOR A YOUTHFUL
 OFFENDER FINDING.
   §  2. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of section 720.20 of the criminal proce-
 dure law are renumbered subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 respectively and  a  new
 subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05906-01-1
              

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