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Assembly Bill A5844

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prevents the overdetention of persons due to an outstanding warrant

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2025-A5844 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §12, Cor L

2025-A5844 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prevents the overdetention of persons due to an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction.

2025-A5844 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5844
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to preventing the  over-
   detention of persons due to an outstanding warrant
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 12 to
 read as follows:
   § 12. DETENTION ON WARRANT FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION. NO PERSON  SHALL
 BE  HELD  IN A STATE OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WITHIN THE STATE FOR
 MORE THAN 3 DAYS AFTER WHEN SUCH PERSON WOULD HAVE  BEEN  RELEASED  FROM
 SUCH  FACILITY  IF NOT FOR AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FROM ANOTHER JURISDIC-
 TION UNLESS SUCH STATE OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WAS INFORMED  THAT
 THE WARRANT IS TO BE ACTED ON BY SUCH OTHER JURISDICTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03391-01-5

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