New York S 9824: Relates to the focus of the child care availability task force and extends the effectiveness of such task force

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S09824 Summary:

BILL NOS09824 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §182.20, CP L

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Allows certain minor defendants under the age of 18 to utilize electronic appearances under certain circumstances.

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BILL NOS09824 

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04/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

06/02/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/02/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1567

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9824

 IN SENATE

 April 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- (at request of the Unified Court System)
 -- 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 allowing
 minor defendants to utilize electronic appearances in certain criminal
 proceedings on consent when the court has determined it to be in their
 interests

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the
 2 criminal procedure law, as added by section 1 of part WW of chapter 55
 3 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (b) at an arraignment where the defendant, after consultation with
 5 counsel or a legal advisor, if any, and the prosecutor consent on the
 6 record to conducting such arraignment by electronic appearance, and
 7 where: (i) the defendant is receiving treatment at a hospital or other
 8 health care facility at the time the arraignment is scheduled; (ii) the
 9 defendant is being arraigned on a desk appearance ticket, a superseding
 10 information, a superseding indictment, or a superior court information
 11 when the defendant intends to enter any authorized guilty plea to such
 12 an accusatory instrument during the same court proceeding; (iii) tempo-
 13 rary exigent circumstances exist, such as an extreme weather event,
 14 which makes timely transporting of the defendant to court for an
 15 arraignment unreasonably hazardous, provided that the court shall make a
 16 record of why an electronic appearance under this subparagraph is neces-
 17 sary; [or] (iv) the defendant requests to be arraigned by an electronic
 18 appearance, provided that whenever an electronic appearance is conducted
 19 at the defendant's request solely pursuant to this subparagraph the only
 20 securing order which may be imposed shall be a release on recognizance;
 21 or (v) the defendant is under the age of eighteen and when first avail-
 22 able for arraignment there is no open court with a Youth Part judge or
 23 an accessible magistrate to conduct the arraignment. Where an electronic
 24 appearance is conducted pursuant to this subparagraph, the only securing

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14931-02-6

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 1 order which may be imposed shall be a release on recognizance or a
 2 release with non-monetary conditions; and
 3 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 182.20 of the criminal procedure law, as
 4 added by section 1 of part WW of chapter 55 of the laws of 2025, is
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 7. Where a defendant in a proceeding is under the age of eighteen an
 7 electronic appearance shall not be conducted, provided, however, that
 8 such an appearance may be conducted where: (i) the proceeding would
 9 otherwise be covered by paragraph (c) of subdivision one of this
 10 section; (ii) the minor defendant, after consultation with counsel or a
 11 legal advisor, if any, the minor defendant's attorney and the prosecutor
 12 all consent on the record to conduct such proceeding by electronic
 13 appearance; (iii) the court states on the record that it has determined
 14 the electronic appearance is in the best interests of the minor defend-
 15 ant; and (iv) the court indicates the reason it has made that determi-
 16 nation, which may include that a physical appearance will unnecessarily
 17 interfere with the minor defen