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Assembly Bill A930

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for the ability of a court to set bail for repeat offenses

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2025-A930 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§510.10, 530.20 & 530.40, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8026

2025-A930 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the ability of a court to set bail where the principal stands charged for the third time for the same offense within a period of two years.

2025-A930 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    930
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to providing for
   the ability of a court to set bail for repeat offenses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 510.10 of the criminal procedure
 law, as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part VV of  chapter  56  of
 the  laws of 2023, is amended and a new subdivision 3-a is added to read
 as follows:
   3. In cases other than as described in subdivision THREE-A OR four  of
 this section, the court shall release the principal pending trial on the
 principal's own recognizance, unless the court finds on the record or in
 writing  that  release  on  the  principal's  own  recognizance will not
 reasonably assure the principal's return to court.  In  such  instances,
 the  court  shall release the principal under non-monetary conditions as
 provided for in subdivision three-a of section 500.10 of this title that
 will reasonably assure the principal's return to court. The court  shall
 explain its choice of securing order on the record or in writing.
   3-A.  IN  CASES  OTHER  THAN  AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS
 SECTION, WHERE THE PRINCIPAL STANDS CHARGED FOR THE THIRD TIME  FOR  THE
 SAME  OFFENSE  WITHIN A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, THE COURT, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 PROHIBITED BY LAW, MAY IN ITS DISCRETION RELEASE THE  PRINCIPAL  PENDING
 TRIAL  ON  THE PRINCIPAL'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE OR UNDER NON-MONETARY CONDI-
 TIONS, FIX BAIL, OR ORDER NON-MONETARY CONDITIONS  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH
 FIXING BAIL, OR, WHERE THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED WITH AN OFFENSE WHICH IS
 A FELONY, THE COURT MAY COMMIT THE PRINCIPAL TO THE CUSTODY OF THE SHER-
 IFF.
   §  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 530.20 of the criminal
 procedure law, as amended by section 6 of subpart A of part VV of  chap-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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