New York A 10474: Relates to eligibility for the basic health program

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A10474 Summary:

BILL NOA10474 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS S00327

&nbsp

SPONSORHyndman

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add §60.23, CP L

&nbsp

Relates to confidential informants; defines terms; requires the law enforcement agencies which use confidential informants to establish policies and procedures to assess the suitability of using a person as a confidential informant; makes related provisions.

Go to top A10474 Actions:

BILL NOA10474 

&nbsp

03/06/2026referred to codes

Go to topA10474 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA10474 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA10474 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10474

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to confidential
 informants

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

 1 Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 60.23 to read as follows:
 3 § 60.23 Rules of evidence; confidential informants.
 4 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
 5 following meanings:
 6 (a) "Confidential informant" means a person who cooperates with a law
 7 enforcement agency confidentially in order to protect the person or the
 8 agency's intelligence gathering or investigative efforts and:
 9 (i) Seeks to avoid arrest or prosecution for a crime, or mitigate
 10 punishment for a crime in which a sentence will be or has been imposed;
 11 and
 12 (ii) Is able, by reason of their familiarity or close association with
 13 suspected criminals, to:
 14 (A) Make a controlled buy or controlled sale of contraband, controlled
 15 substances, or other items that are material to a criminal investi-
 16 gation;
 17 (B) Supply regular or constant information about suspected or actual
 18 criminal activities to a law enforcement agency; or
 19 (C) Otherwise provide information important to ongoing criminal intel-
 20 ligence gathering or criminal investigative efforts.
 21 (b) "Controlled buy" means the purchase of contraband, controlled
 22 substances, or other items that are material to a criminal investigation
 23 from a target offender which is initiated, managed, overseen or partic-
 24 ipated in by law enforcement personnel with the knowledge of a confiden-
 25 tial informant.
 26 (c) "Controlled sale" means the sale of contraband, controlled
 27 substances, or other items that are material to a criminal investigation
 28 to a target offender which is initiated, managed, overseen, or partic-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00786-01-5

 A. 10474 2

 1 ipated in by law enforcement personnel with the knowledge of a confiden-
 2 tial informant.
 3 (d) "Law enforcement agency" means any agency having a primary mission
 4 of preventing and detecting crime and the enforcement of the penal,
 5 criminal, traffic, or highway laws of the state and that in furtherance
 6 of that primary mission employs law enforcement officers.
 7 (e) "Target offender" means the person suspected by law enforcement
 8 personnel to be implicated in criminal acts by the activities of a
 9 confidential informant.
 10 2. A law enforcement agency that uses confidential informants shall:
 11 (a) Inform each person who is requested to serve as a confidential
 12 informant that the agency cannot promise inducements such as a grant of
 13 immunity, dropped or reduced charges, or reduced sentences or placement
 14 on probation in exchange for serving as a confidential informant.
 15 (b) Inform each person who is requested to serve as a confidential
 16 informant that the value of such person's assistance as a confidential
 17 informant and any effect that assistance may have on pending criminal
 18 matters can be determined only by the appropriate legal authority.
 19 (c) Each person who is solicited to act as a confidential informant
 20 must be given the opportunity to consult with legal counsel before
 21 entering into a substantial assistance agreement. If the person is not
 22 represented by legal counsel at the