New York S 4525: Requires accurate interpretation of statements made by deponents with limited English proficiency in accusatory instruments and supporting depositions

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S04525 Summary:

BILL NOS04525 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01422

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §100.40, CP L

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Provides that an accusatory instrument or supporting deposition consisting of factual allegations by a deponent with limited English proficiency is not sufficient unless accompanied by a sworn statement from an interpreter affirming the accuracy of the English interpretation.

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BILL NOS04525 

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO CODES

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1741

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

03/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.614

03/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A1422

&nbspA01422 AMEND= Cruz

&nbsp01/09/2025referred to codes

&nbsp06/09/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/10/2025reported 

&nbsp06/10/2025rules report cal.549

&nbsp06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.549

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.53

&nbsp04/28/2026passed assembly

&nbsp04/28/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp04/28/2026REFERRED TO CODES

&nbsp05/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S4525

&nbsp05/04/20263RD READING CAL.614

&nbsp05/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4525

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 requiring
 accurate interpretation of statements made by deponents with limited
 English proficiency in accusatory instruments and supporting deposi-
 tions

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

 1 Section 1. Section 100.40 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 3 5. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, where the
 4 factual allegations of an accusatory instrument and/or any supporting
 5 deposition filed in connection with such instrument consist of a state-
 6 ment made by a deponent to a public servant or other person in a
 7 language other than English, such instrument shall not be sufficient
 8 unless it is accompanied by:
 9 (a) (i) A statement of the factual allegations written in the
 10 deponent's primary language and a signed verification under penalty of
 11 perjury in the deponent's primary language; (ii) an English-language
 12 translation of the deponent's statement and of the verification written
 13 by an interpreter; and (iii) an affidavit by the interpreter stating the
 14 interpreter's qualifications and affirming the accuracy of such trans-
 15 lation; or
 16 (b) (i) A written English-language translation of the deponent's oral
 17 or written statement of the factual allegations, drafted by an inter-
 18 preter; and (ii) an affidavit from the interpreter: (A) stating the
 19 interpreter's qualifications; (B) affirming that the interpreter accu-
 20 rately translated such statement into English; (C) affirming that the
 21 interpreter accurately communicated the content of the statement to the
 22 deponent in the deponent's primary language; (D) affirming that the
 23 deponent confirmed the accuracy of the allegations as communicated; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03852-01-5

 S. 4525 2

 1 (E) affirming that the interpreter accurately translated the verifica-
 2 tion statement to the witness in the witness's primary language.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 4 have become a law.

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