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S08567 Summary:

BILL NOS08567 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGRIFFO

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Amd §§220.10, 220.15, 220.60, 300.10, 330.10 & 330.20, CP L; amd §§10.03, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 & 67.08, Ment
Hyg L; add §60.38, Pen L

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Redefines culpability from not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect to responsible but for mental disease or defect; amends the procedures to be followed following a verdict or plea of responsible but for mental disease or defect; establishes maximum and minimum terms for persons sentenced upon such a verdict or plea.

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BILL NOS08567 

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11/07/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8567

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 November 7, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, the mental hygiene law and
 the penal law, in relation to persons who enter a plea or are found
 responsible but for mental disease or defect

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 220.10 of the criminal procedure
 2 law, as added by chapter 548 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 6. The defendant may, with both the permission of the court and the
 5 consent of the people, enter a plea of [not] responsible [by reason of]
 6 but for mental disease or defect to the indictment in the manner
 7 prescribed in section 220.15 of this [chapter] article.
 8 § 2. Section 220.15 of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter
 9 548 of the laws of 1980, subdivisions 1, 2 and 5 as amended by chapter
 10 668 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 11 § 220.15 Plea; plea of [not] responsible [by reason of] but for mental
 12 disease or defect.
 13 1. The defendant may, with both the permission of the court and the
 14 consent of the people, enter a plea of [not] responsible [by reason of]
 15 but for mental disease or defect to the entire indictment. The district
 16 attorney must state to the court either orally on the record or in a
 17 writing filed with the court that the people consent to the entry of
 18 such plea and that the people are satisfied that the affirmative defense
 19 of lack of criminal responsibility by reason of mental disease or defect
 20 would be proven by the defendant at a trial by a preponderance of the
 21 evidence. The district attorney must further state to the court in
 22 detail the evidence available to the people with respect to the offense
 23 or offenses charged in the indictment, including all psychiatric
 24 evidence available or known to the people. If necessary, the court may

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13957-01-5

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 1 conduct a hearing before accepting such plea. The district attorney
 2 must further state to the court the reasons for recommending such plea.
 3 The reasons shall be stated in detail and not in conclusory terms.
 4 2. Counsel for the defendant must state that in [his] such counsel's
 5 opinion defendant has the capacity to understand the proceedings and to
 6 assist in [his] such defendant's own defense and that the defendant
 7 understands the consequences of a plea of not responsible [by reason of]
 8 but for mental disease or defect. Counsel for the defendant must
 9 further state whether in [his] such counsel's opinion defendant has any
 10 viable defense to the offense or offenses charged in the indictment
 11 other than the affirmative defense of lack of criminal responsibility by
 12 reason of mental disease or defect. Counsel for the defendant must
 13 further state in detail the psychiatric evidence available to the
 14 defendant with respect to such latter affirmative defense.
 15 3. Before accepting a plea of [not] responsible [by reason of] but
 16 for mental disease or defect,