Assembly Actions -
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Dec 29, 2021 |
signed chap.806 |
Dec 17, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
May 24, 2021 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.101 substituted for s689 |
May 24, 2021 |
substituted by a4319 |
Jan 25, 2021 |
advanced to third reading |
Jan 20, 2021 |
2nd report cal. |
Jan 19, 2021 |
1st report cal.101 |
Jan 06, 2021 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S689
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A4319 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
2021-S689 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S689 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S689 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the right of a defendant who has entered a plea of not guilty to an information which charges a misdemeanor to a jury trial SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends section 340.40 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 815 of the laws of 1971, to eliminate the provision of law denying individuals charged with B misdemeanors in New York City Criminal Court the right to a jury trial. This section also makes technical amendments to section 340.40. Section 2 of the bill is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION:
2021-S689 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 689 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, RIVERA -- 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 right of a defendant who has entered a plea of not guilty to an information which charges a misdemeanor to a jury trial THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 340.40 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 815 of the laws of 1971 and subdivision 7 as added by chapter 981 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: § [340.00] 340.40 Modes of trial. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a trial of an infor- mation in a local criminal court must be a single judge trial. 2. In any local criminal court a defendant who has entered a plea of not guilty to an information which charges a misdemeanor must be accorded a jury trial, conducted pursuant to article three hundred sixty[, except that in the New York city criminal court the trial of an information which charges a misdemeanor for which the authorized term of imprisonment is not more than six months must be a single judge trial]. The defendant may at any time before trial waive a jury trial in the manner prescribed in subdivision two of section 320.10 OF THIS CHAPTER, and consent to a single judge trial. 3. A defendant entitled to a jury trial pursuant to subdivision two OF THIS SECTION, shall be so entitled even though the information also charges an offense for which he is otherwise not entitled to a jury trial. In such case, the defendant is not entitled both to a jury trial and a separate single judge trial and the court may not order separate trials. [7.] 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any local crim- inal court the trial of a person who is an eligible youth within the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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