New York S 6835: Relates to criminal contempt

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S06835 Summary:

BILL NOS06835 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07623

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SPONSORROLISON

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COSPNSRMATTERA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§215.50, 215.51 & 205.10, Pen L; amd §§510.10, 530.20, 530.40 & 140.10, CP L

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Relates to criminal contempt for violating certain orders; permits bail or remand; provides that absconding while under electronic monitoring constitutes escape.

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BILL NOS06835 

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6835

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal contempt and
 escape; and to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to arrest
 and securing orders for persons charged with certain contempt offenses

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 215.50 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 702 of the laws of 1972, is amended and a new subdi-
 3 vision 8 is added to read as follows:
 4 7. On or along a public street or sidewalk within a radius of two
 5 hundred feet of any building established as a courthouse, [he] such
 6 person calls aloud, shouts, holds or displays placards or signs contain-
 7 ing written or printed matter, concerning the conduct of a trial being
 8 held in such courthouse or the character of the court or jury engaged in
 9 such trial or calling for or demanding any specified action or determi-
 10 nation by such court or jury in connection with such trial[.]; or
 11 8. Violates any terms or conditions of court ordered supervision,
 12 either before or after a conviction, and such violation involves:
 13 a. violating any curfew set by the court or supervising entity;
 14 b. entering a location such person is prohibited from entering under
 15 the terms of the supervision;
 16 c. absconding from court ordered supervision;
 17 d. possessing a firearm, destructive device or dangerous weapon; or
 18 e. tampering with or destroying electronic monitoring equipment.
 19 § 2. Subdivision (d) of section 215.51 of the penal law, as amended by
 20 chapter 597 of the laws of 1998, is amended and a new subdivision (e) is
 21 added to read as follows:
 22 (d) in violation of a duly served order of protection, or such order
 23 of which the defendant has actual knowledge because [he or she] the
 24 defendant was present in court when such order was issued, or an order

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11244-01-5

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 1 issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in this or another state,
 2 territorial or tribal jurisdiction, [he or she] the defendant inten-
 3 tionally or recklessly damages the property of a person for whose
 4 protection such order was issued in an amount exceeding two hundred
 5 fifty dollars[.]; or
 6 (e) the defendant commits the crime of criminal contempt in the second
 7 degree as defined in subdivision eight of section 215.50 of this article
 8 and has previously been convicted of the crime of aggravated criminal
 9 contempt or criminal contempt in the first or second degree within the
 10 preceding five years.
 11 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 205.10 of the penal law, as added by
 12 chapter 118 of the laws of 1980, is amended and a new subdivision 4 is
 13 added to read as follows:
 14 3. Having been adjudicated a youthful offender, which finding was
 15 substituted for the conviction of a felony, [he] such person escapes
 16 from custody[.]; or
 17 4. While under court ordered supervision involving electronic monitor-
 18 ing, such person absconds from supervision while still in possession of
 19 equipment for such electronic monitoring.
 20 § 4. Paragraph (h) subdivision 4 section 510.10 of the criminal proce-
 21 dure law, as amended by section 2 of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws
 22