Senate Bill S2320

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the timely scheduling of criminal trials

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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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2023-S2320 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §30.30, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7016
2019-2020: S2175
2021-2022: S3936

2023-S2320 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the timely scheduling of criminal trials.

2023-S2320 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2320 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2320
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- 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  timely
   scheduling of criminal trials
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 30.30 of the criminal procedure law, as amended  by
 section  1  of part KKK of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 read as follows:
 § 30.30 Speedy trial; time limitations.
   1. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of this  section,
 a  motion  made  pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section
 170.30 or paragraph (g) of subdivision one of  section  210.20  of  this
 chapter must be granted where the people are not ready for trial within:
   (a)  six  months  of  the  commencement of a criminal action wherein a
 defendant is accused of one or more offenses, at least one of which is a
 felony;
   (b) ninety days of the commencement of a  criminal  action  wherein  a
 defendant is accused of one or more offenses, at least one of which is a
 misdemeanor  punishable by a sentence of imprisonment of more than three
 months and none of which is a felony;
   (c) sixty days of the commencement of a criminal  action  wherein  the
 defendant is accused of one or more offenses, at least one of which is a
 misdemeanor  punishable  by  a sentence of imprisonment of not more than
 three months and none of which is a crime punishable by  a  sentence  of
 imprisonment of more than three months; or
   (d)  thirty  days of the commencement of a criminal action wherein the
 defendant is accused of one or more offenses, at least one of which is a
 violation and none of which is a crime.
   (e) for the purposes of  this  subdivision,  the  term  offense  shall
 include vehicle and traffic law infractions.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05557-01-3
              

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