New York S 578: Relates to offenses for which a court may fix bail or commit a principal to custody of the sheriff

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&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S00578 Summary:

BILL NOS00578 

&nbsp

SAME ASNo Same As

&nbsp

SPONSORHELMING

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §§510.10, 530.20 & 530.40, CP L

&nbsp

Authorizes a court to set bail or commit a principal to custody where the principal has been designated a sex offender.

Go to top S00578 Actions:

BILL NOS00578 

&nbsp

01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

Go to topS00578 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS00578 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS00578 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 578

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to offenses for
 which a court may fix bail or commit a principal to custody of the
 sheriff

 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 510.10 of the criminal procedure
 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e-1) to read as follows:
 3 (e-1) The principal has been designated a sex offender under arti-
 4 cle six-C of the correction law;
 5 § 1-a. Subdivision 3 of section 510.10 of the criminal procedure law,
 6 as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part VV of chapter 56 of the
 7 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 8 3. In cases other than as described in subdivision four of this
 9 section, the court shall release the principal pending trial on the
 10 principal's own recognizance, unless the court finds on the record or in
 11 writing that: (a) release on the principal's own recognizance will not
 12 reasonably assure the principal's return to court; or (b) that the prin-
 13 cipal has been designated as a sex offender under article six-C of the
 14 correction law. In such instances, the court shall release the principal
 15 under non-monetary conditions as provided for in subdivision three-a of
 16 section 500.10 of this title that will reasonably assure the principal's
 17 return to court; provided, however, where the principal has been desig-
 18 nated a sex offender under article six-C of the correction law, the
 19 court may in its discretion fix bail or commit the principal to the
 20 custody of the sheriff. The court shall explain its [choice of securing
 21 order] determination and conditions on the record or in writing.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01262-01-5

 S. 578 2

 1 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 530.20 of the criminal
 2 procedure law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (v-1) to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (v-1) a sex offense under article six-C of the correction law and has
 5 been designated a sex offender;
 6 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 530.40 of the criminal procedure law is
 7 amended by adding a new paragraph (e-1) to read as follows:
 8 (e-1) a sex offense under article six-C of the correction law and has
 9 been designated a sex offender;
 10 § 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law.

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps