New York A 9494: Relates to the removal of actions to certain courts in an adjoining county

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A09494 Summary:

BILL NOA09494 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08762

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SPONSORMcDonald

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §230.21, CP L (as proposed in S.8312 & A.7563)

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Allows the removal of criminal actions to a mental health court in an adjoining county and provides for the reversion to the original court of record where the defendant fails to comply with or complete the mental health court program.

Go to top A09494 Actions:

BILL NOA09494 

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01/07/2026referred to codes

01/13/2026reported referred to rules

01/13/2026reported 

01/13/2026rules report cal.37

01/13/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.37

01/20/2026substituted by s8762

&nbspS08762 AMEND= HINCHEY

&nbsp01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.15

&nbsp01/13/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/13/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/13/2026referred to codes

&nbsp01/20/2026substituted for a9494

&nbsp01/20/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.37

&nbsp01/20/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/20/2026returned to senate

&nbsp02/13/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/13/2026SIGNED CHAP.45

Go to topA09494 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:01/13/2026AYE/NAY:19/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookAbsentReillyAye

LavineExcusedMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:01/13/2026AYE/NAY:26/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickExcusedRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineExcused

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09494 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09494 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9494

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 7, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the removal
 of actions to certain courts in an adjoining county

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

 1 Section 1. Section 230.21 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by
 2 a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the criminal procedure law relat-
 3 ing to the removal of actions to certain courts in an adjoining county,
 4 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8312 and A. 7563, is amended
 5 to read as follows:
 6 § 230.21 Removal of action to certain courts in an adjoining county.
 7 1. In any county outside a city having a population of one million or
 8 more, the court may, upon motion of the defendant and with consent of
 9 the district attorney and the district attorney of the adjoining county
 10 that has a superior court designated a human trafficking court, veterans
 11 treatment court, or mental health court by the chief administrator of
 12 the courts, order that the indictment and action be removed from the
 13 court in which the matter is pending to such human trafficking court,
 14 veterans treatment court, or mental health court, whereupon such court
 15 may then conduct such action to judgment or other final disposition;
 16 provided, however, that no court may order removal to a veterans treat-
 17 ment court of a family offense charge described in subdivision one of
 18 section 530.11 of this chapter pursuant to this section where the
 19 accused and the person alleged to be the victim of such offense charged
 20 are members of the same family or household as defined in such subdivi-
 21 sion one of section 530.11; [and] provided further that an order of
 22 removal issued under this subdivision shall not take effect until five
 23 days after the date the order is issued unless, prior to such effective
 24 date, the human trafficking court, veterans treatment court, or mental
 25 health court notifies the court that issued the order that: (a) it will
 26 no