Senate Bill S1351

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to legal protections against the arrest and extradition of abortion service providers

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S1351 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1005
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§570.17 & 140.10, CP L; amd §837-w, Exec L (as proposed in S.9077-A & A.10372-A)

2023-S1351 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to legal protections against the arrest and extradition of reproductive health service providers who perform services lawfully in the state of New York; prohibits the cooperation with out-of-state investigations related to the performance or aiding in the performance of an abortion performed within the state of New York.

2023-S1351 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1351 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1351
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and  the  executive  law,  in
   relation to protections against the arrest and extradition of abortion
   providers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 570.17 of the criminal procedure law, as added by a
 chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the  criminal  procedure  law,  the
 executive  law  and  the  civil  practice  law  and  rules  relating  to
 protection of abortion service providers,  as  proposed  in  legislative
 bills numbers S. 9077-A and A. 10372-A, is amended to read as follows:
 § 570.17 Extradition of abortion providers.
   No  demand  for the extradition of a person [charged with providing an
 abortion] SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY THAT IS  IN  WHOLE  OR  IN  PART
 BASED ON THE ALLEGED PROVISION OR RECEIPT OF, ASSISTANCE IN PROVISION OR
 RECEIPT  OF,  MATERIAL  SUPPORT  FOR, OR ANY THEORY OF VICARIOUS, JOINT,
 SEVERAL OR CONSPIRACY LIABILITY FOR REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES
 LAWFULLY  PERFORMED  IN  NEW  YORK  shall  be recognized by the governor
 unless the executive authority of the demanding state  shall  allege  in
 writing  that the accused was present in the demanding state at the time
 of the commission of the alleged crime, and that thereafter he,  she  or
 they fled from that state.
   §  2. Subdivision 3-a of section 140.10 of the criminal procedure law,
 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the  criminal  proce-
 dure  law, the executive law and the civil practice law and rules relat-
 ing to protection of abortion service providers, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers S. 9077-A and A.  10372-A,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3-a.  A  police  officer  may  not arrest any person for performing or
 aiding in the performance of an abortion within this  state[,]  THAT  IS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03942-01-3
              

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