New York S 4957: Provides for review of bail data reports by the state commission on judicial conduct

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S04957 Summary:

BILL NOS04957 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07451

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRWEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§42 & 216, Judy L; amd §837-u, Exec L

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Provides for review of bail data reports by the state commission on judicial conduct to study such reports for evidence of bias or prejudice by any judge or justice, and where appropriate based on such reports, to initiate, investigate, and hear complaints and otherwise comment on matters of bias and prejudice evidenced therein.

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BILL NOS04957 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

03/25/20251ST REPORT CAL.593

03/26/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/27/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/21/2025PASSED SENATE

05/21/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/22/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.750

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4957

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law and the executive law, in relation to
 providing for review of bail data reports by the state commission on
 judicial conduct

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 42 of the judiciary law, as added
 2 by chapter 156 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
 3 3. (a) To request and receive from any court, department, division,
 4 board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the state or political
 5 subdivision thereof or any public authority such assistance, information
 6 and data as will enable it properly to carry out its functions, powers
 7 and duties.
 8 (b) With respect to the reports of the chief administrator of the
 9 courts and the division of criminal justice services required under
 10 subdivision five of section two hundred sixteen of this chapter and
 11 section eight hundred thirty-seven-u of the executive law, to study such
 12 reports for evidence of bias or prejudice by any judge or justice; and
 13 where appropriate based on such reports, to initiate, investigate, and
 14 hear complaints under section forty-four of this article and otherwise
 15 comment on matters of bias and prejudice evidenced therein in its annual
 16 reports pursuant to subdivision four of this section.
 17 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 216 of the judiciary law, as amended by
 18 section 3 of part C of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 19 read as follows:
 20 5. The chief administrator of the courts, in conjunction with the
 21 division of criminal justice services, shall collect data and report
 22 every six months regarding pretrial release and detention. Such data and
 23 report shall contain information categorized by age, gender, racial and
 24 ethnic background; regarding the nature of the criminal offenses,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09114-01-5

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 1 including the top charge of each case; the number and type of charges in
 2 each defendant's criminal record; whether a hate crime was charged;
 3 whether the prosecutor requested that the court fix bail, the amounts
 4 and forms of bail requested by the prosecutor, and the amounts and forms
 5 of bail set by the court; the number of individuals released on recogni-
 6 zance; the number of individuals released on non-monetary conditions,
 7 including the conditions imposed; the number of individuals committed to
 8 the custody of a sheriff prior to trial; the rates of failure to appear
 9 and rearrest; the outcome of such cases or dispositions; the length of
 10 the pretrial detention stay and any other such information as the chief
 11 administrator and the division of criminal justice services may find
 12 necessary a