New York A 3524: Preserves the ability to appeal a violation of a defendant's right to make a statement personally at sentencing
Status: REFERRED TO CODES (as of 2026-05-12)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 3524
Sponsors: Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Yudelka Tapia
Bill Text
Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A03524 Summary: BILL NOA03524   SAME ASSAME AS S04764   SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn   COSPNSRTapia   MLTSPNSR   Amd §380.50, CP L   Preserves the ability to appeal a violation of a defendant's right to make a statement personally at sentencing notwithstanding a defendant signed an otherwise valid waiver of appeal. Go to top A03524 Actions: BILL NOA03524   01/28/2025referred to codes 01/07/2026referred to codes 03/10/2026reported 03/12/2026advanced to third reading cal.289 05/12/2026passed assembly 05/12/2026delivered to senate 05/12/2026REFERRED TO CODES Go to topA03524 Committee Votes: Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz DATE:03/10/2026AYE/NAY:13/6 Action: Favorable DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay CookExcusedReillyNay LavineAyeMikulinNay WeprinAyeTannousisNay HevesiAyeAngelinoNay SeawrightAyeMolitorNay RosenthalAye WalkerAye VanelAye CruzAye BoresAye ReyesAbsent CunninghamAye RomeroAye AlvarezAye TaylorExcused Go to topA03524 Floor Votes: DATE:05/12/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 95/46Yes Alvarez Yes Carroll P No Friend No Lemondes Yes Pheffer Amato No Slater Yes Anderson Yes Carroll RC Yes Gallagher Yes Levenberg ER Pirozzolo No Smith No Angelino Yes Cashman ER Gallahan Yes Lucas Yes Powers No Smullen No Bailey Yes Chandler-Waterm No Gandolfo Yes Lunsford Yes Pretlow Yes Solages No Barclay No Chang Yes Gibbs Yes Lupardo No Ra Yes Steck Yes Barrett No Chludzinski No Giglio Yes Magnarelli Yes Raga Yes Stern No Beephan Yes Clark Yes Glick ER Maher Yes Rajkumar Yes Stirpe No Bendett Yes Colton Yes Gonzalez-Rojas No Manktelow Yes Ramos No Tague Yes Benedetto Yes Conrad No Gray Yes McDonald ER Reilly No Tannousis No Berger ER Cook Yes Griffin ER McDonough Yes Reyes Yes Tapia Yes Bichotte Hermel Yes Cruz No Hawley Yes McMahon Yes Rivera Yes Taylor No Blankenbush Yes Cunningham Yes Hevesi Yes ‡ Meeks Yes Romero Yes Torres No Blumencranz Yes Dais Yes Hooks No ‡ Mikulin Yes Rosenthal ER Valdez No Bologna Yes Davila Yes Hunter No Miller No Rozic Yes Vanel Yes Bores Yes De Los Santos Yes Hyndman Yes Mitaynes Yes Santabarbara Yes Walker No Brabenec No DeStefano Yes Jackson No Molitor Yes Sayegh No Walsh Yes Braunstein Yes ‡ Dilan Yes Jacobson Yes Moreno Yes Schiavoni Yes Weprin Yes Bronson Yes Dinowitz No Jensen No Morinello Yes Seawright Yes Wieder No Brook-Krasny No ‡ DiPietro Yes Kassay No Norber No Sempolinski Yes Williams No Brown EA No Durso Yes Kay No Novakhov Yes Septimo Yes Woerner No Brown K Yes Eachus Yes Kelles Yes O'Pharrow Yes Shimsky Yes Wright Yes ‡ Burdick Yes Eichenstein Yes Kim Yes Otis Yes Shrestha No Yeger Yes Burke Yes Fall ER Lasher No Palmesano Yes Simon Yes Zaccaro Yes Burroughs No ‡ Fitzpatrick Yes Lavine Yes Paulin Yes Simone Yes Zinerman No Buttenschon Yes ‡ Forrest Yes Lee ER Peoples-Stokes No Simpson Yes Mr. Speaker ‡ Indicates voting via videoconference Go to topA03524 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3524 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to preserving the ability to appeal a violation of a defendant's right to make a statement personally at sentencing The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 380.50 of the criminal procedure 2 law, as amended by chapter 307 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 1. At the time of pronouncing sentence, the court must accord the 5 prosecutor an opport
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