New York S 5891: Establishes the blue ribbon commission on bail

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S05891 Summary:

BILL NOS05891 

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SPONSORLANZA

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Establishes a temporary blue ribbon commission to study bail and the bail industry; requires an interim report be issued one year after the effective date of this act including the commission's findings, conclusions and recommendations, and a final report of the same shall be issued two years after the effective date of this act including legislative proposals as it deems necessary to implement such recommendations.

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BILL NOS05891 

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5891

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to establish a temporary blue ribbon commission to study bail and
 the bail industry; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
 upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. 1. Establishment. There is hereby established the blue
 2 ribbon commission on bail to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations
 3 on the application of bail in the criminal justice system of the state.
 4 2. Powers and duties. Such commission shall examine issues relating to
 5 bail including, but not limited to:
 6 a. Administration. (1) Determining the viability of allowing private
 7 citizens and bail agents to post bail bonds for any case in a county or
 8 borough while the arraignment parts are open, including the ability to
 9 post a bail bond at night and on the weekends in the arraignment parts;
 10 (2) Allowing bail bond agents to post bail bonds at correctional
 11 facilities twenty-four hours a day in all counties;
 12 (3) Allowing electronic transmittal of release orders to jails;
 13 (4) Allowing court issued release orders to be listed by docket number
 14 only; and
 15 (5) Issuing state identification to qualified bail bond agents and
 16 staff.
 17 b. Arraignments. (1) Examining data regarding the number of individ-
 18 uals arraigned on violations, misdemeanors and felonies, broken down by
 19 county or borough on a monthly basis over the latest two-year period for
 20 which the data is available. Such data shall include a breakdown of the
 21 statistics described in subdivision a of this section, regarding the
 22 number of cases:
 23 (a) dismissed at arraignment;
 24 (b) pled at arraignment;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10502-01-5

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 1 (c) released without bail, including but not limited to individuals
 2 released on their own recognizance, supervised releases, conditional
 3 releases to probation or other conditional releases;
 4 (d) in which bail was set, including the bail amounts and the types of
 5 crimes charged;
 6 (e) whether defendants had holds; and
 7 (f) whether bail was paid at arraignment;
 8 (2) The number of cases in subparagraph one of this paragraph that
 9 were disposed of on the next court appearance and the type of disposi-
 10 tion;
 11 (3) A breakdown by ethnicity of the individuals in cases listed in
 12 subparagraphs one and two of this paragraph;
 13 (4) A breakdown by economic status of the individuals in the cases
 14 listed in subparagraphs one and two of this paragraph and how such
 15 arrestee's economic status was determined based on an interview
 16 performed by a criminal justice agency;
 17 (5) The number of cases in subparagraphs one and two of this paragraph
 18 in which bail was set using a form of bail other than cash and surety
 19 bond;
 20 (6) Warrant and return on warrant rates for individual arrestees list-
 21 ed in subparagraphs one and two of this paragraph, broken down by the
 22 type of securing order and level of crime; and
 23 (7) Re-arrest rates for individual arrestees listed in subparagraphs
 24 one and two of this paragraph, bro