Assembly Bill A8890

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to judges presiding over designated youth parts

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Current Bill Status Via S8196 - Passed Assembly

  • 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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2025-A8890 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8196
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §722.10, CP L

2025-A8890 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding eligibility for judges presiding over designated youth parts.

2025-A8890 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8890
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURROUGHS, SOLAGES -- (at request of the Unified
   Court System) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, to expand judicial eligibil-
   ity for presiding over designated youth parts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 722.10 of the criminal procedure
 law, as added by section 1-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of  the  laws  of
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The chief administrator of the courts is hereby directed to estab-
 lish, in a superior court in each county of the state,  a  part  of  the
 court to be known as the youth part of the superior court for the county
 in  which  such court presides. Judges presiding in the youth part shall
 be (I) family court judges, as described in article six, section one  of
 the  constitution,  OR  (II)  JUDGES  OF  A SUPERIOR COURT WHO HAVE BEEN
 DETERMINED BY THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS TO BE  QUALIFIED  TO
 PRESIDE  BECAUSE  OF  PRIOR  TRAINING  AND EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO IN  JUVENILE  DELINQUENCY  PROCEEDINGS  IN  FAMILY  COURT  OR
 ADOLESCENT OR JUVENILE OFFENDER PROCEEDINGS IN A SUPERIOR COURT.  To aid
 in  their work, such judges shall receive training in specialized areas,
 including, but not limited to, juvenile justice, adolescent development,
 custody and care of youths and effective treatment methods for  reducing
 unlawful  conduct by youths, and shall be authorized to make appropriate
 determinations within the power of such superior court with  respect  to
 the  cases  of  youths  assigned to such part. The youth part shall have
 exclusive jurisdiction in all proceedings in relation to juvenile offen-
 ders and adolescent offenders, except as provided  in  this  article  or
 article seven hundred twenty-five of this chapter.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10798-02-5

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