| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to codes |
| Mar 02, 2023 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S5363
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2023-S5363 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9221
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Criminal Procedure Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1.20, rpld §2.10 sub 21 ¶¶a & b, CP L
- Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
-
S7086, A4235
2023-S5363 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5363
SPONSOR: LANZA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to reclassifying
court officers and court clerks of the unified court system under the
definition of police officer; and to repeal certain provisions of such
law relating thereto
PURPOSE:
The legislation amends subdivision 34 of Section 1.20 of the criminal
procedure law by reclassifying court officers as police officers.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this bill amends Criminal Procedure Law section 1.20(34)
by adding a new paragraph (w). This new paragraph adds uniformed court
officers of the Unified Court System to the definition of the term
"police officer."
2023-S5363 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5363
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 2, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 reclassifying
court officers and court clerks of the unified court system under the
definition of police officer; and to repeal certain provisions 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. Subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
(W) UNIFORMED COURT OFFICERS OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM.
§ 2. Subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (x) to read as follows:
(X) COURT CLERKS OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM IN THE FIRST AND SECOND
DEPARTMENTS.
§ 3. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 21 of section 2.10 of the crim-
inal procedure law are REPEALED.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09994-01-3
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Court officers have the most power out of all peace officers in New York State. Court officers are permitted to stop question and frisk near a court house, and are allowed to write moving violations pursuant to the Vehicle Traffic Law. Court officers at this point should be granted police officer status.
I completely agree. The hard part is not getting the Senate and Assembly to pass this bill; the hard part is we need to have a governor who is willing to sign it into law. We hope that Governor Hochul has the fortitude to do so.