New York S 3903: Requires a police officer upon the arresting of a youth or upon the issuing of an appearance ticket to notify the parent or person legally responsible for such youth

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S03903 Summary:

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SAME ASSAME AS A07158

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Amd §§120.90, 140.20 & 150.20, CP L

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Relates to the issuance of arrest warrants and appearance tickets upon a youth; provides for the police officer to immediately notify the parent or other person legally responsible for the care of such youth with whom the youth is domiciled that the youth has been arrested; provides further that the police officer need not notify the parent or other person legally responsible when such youth is not also a juvenile offender and the notification would endanger the health and safety of such youth.

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3903

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 establishing
 the chance to help notification act

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "chance to help notification act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 120.90 of the criminal procedure law, as
 4 amended by section 16 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 7. Upon arresting a juvenile offender or adolescent offender or youth
 7 as defined in subdivision one of section 720.10 of this chapter, the
 8 police officer shall immediately notify the parent or other person
 9 legally responsible for [his] such juvenile offender, adolescent offen-
 10 der or youth's care or the person with whom [he] such juvenile offender,
 11 adolescent offender or youth is domiciled, that the juvenile offender or
 12 adolescent offender or youth has been arrested, and the location of the
 13 facility where [he] such juvenile offender, adolescent offender or youth
 14 is being detained, provided that the police officer need not notify the
 15 parent or other person legally responsible for such youth's care or the
 16 person with whom such youth is domiciled when such youth is not also a
 17 juvenile offender and the notification of a parent or other person would
 18 endanger the health or safety of such youth.
 19 § 3. Subdivision 6 of section 140.20 of the criminal procedure law, as
 20 amended by section 20 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
 21 amended to read as follows:
 22 6. Upon arresting a juvenile offender or youth as defined in subdivi-
 23 sion one of section 720.10 of this chapter or a person sixteen or
 24 commencing October first, two thousand nineteen, seventeen years of age
 25 without a warrant, the police officer shall immediately notify the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07222-01-5

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 1 parent or other person legally responsible for [his or her] such juve-
 2 nile offender or youth's care or the person with whom [he or she] such
 3 juvenile offender or youth is domiciled, that such offender or person
 4 has been arrested, and the location of the facility where [he or she]
 5 such juvenile offender or youth is being detained, provided that the
 6 police officer need not notify the parent or other person legally
 7 responsible for such youth's care or the person with whom such youth is
 8 domiciled when such youth is not also a juvenile offender and the
 9 notification of a parent or other person would endanger the health or
 10 safety of such youth. If the officer determines that it is necessary to
 11 question a juvenile offender or such person, the officer must take [him
 12 or her] such juvenile offender or such person to a facility designated
 13 by the chief administrator of the courts as a suitable place for the
 14 questioning of children or, upon the consent of a parent or other person
 15 legal