New York A 8014: Enacts into law components of legislation relating to certain criminal justice reform in the state of New York; repealer

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A08014 Summary:

BILL NOA08014 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07337

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SPONSORButtenschon

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §150.10 sub 3, §500.10 subs 3-a, 3-b, 21 & 22, §530.45 sub 2-a, §§150.80, 510.43, 510.45, 530.20 &
530.40, amd CP L, generally; add §844, rpld §837-u, Exec L; rpld §216 sub 5, Judy L

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Enacts into law components of legislation relating to certain criminal justice reform in the state of New York; establishes law enforcement officer grant funds (Part A); provides judges more discretion regarding securing orders and limiting the lengths of certain orders (Part B); requires affirmative consent for the disclosure of contact information of witnesses to a defendant; provides that denial of such consent shall only be for good cause as determined by the court (Part C); relates to consideration of the death penalty for the commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree (Part D).

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BILL NOA08014 

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04/21/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8014

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to law enforcement offi-
 cer grant funds (Part A); to amend the criminal procedure law, in
 relation to providing judges more discretion regarding securing orders
 and limiting the lengths of certain orders; and to repeal certain
 provisions of the criminal procedure law, the judiciary law and the
 executive law relating thereto (Part B); to amend the criminal proce-
 dure law, in relation to requiring affirmative consent for the disclo-
 sure of contact information of witnesses to a defendant (Part C); and
 to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to consideration of
 the death penalty for the commission of certain provisions of murder
 in the first degree (Part D)

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

 1 Section 1. This act enacts into law components of legislation relating
 2 to certain criminal justice reform in the state of New York. Each
 3 component is wholly contained within a Part identified as Parts A
 4 through D. The effective date for each particular provision contained
 5 within such Part is set forth in the last section of such Part. Any
 6 provision in any section contained within a Part, including the effec-
 7 tive date of the Part, which makes reference to a section "of this act",
 8 when used in connection with that particular component, shall be
 9 deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the Part in
 10 which it is found. Section three of this act sets forth the general
 11 effective date of this act.

 12 PART A

 13 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 844 to
 14 read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11608-01-5

 A. 8014 2

 1 § 844. Law enforcement officer grant funds. 1. Within amounts appro-
 2 priated for such purpose, in the years two thousand twenty-six, two
 3 thousand twenty-seven and two thousand twenty-eight, one hundred million
 4 dollars shall be available and allocated each year pursuant to subdivi-
 5 sions two and three of this section and shall be paid to cover all
 6 expenses related to hiring law enforcement officers, including any bene-
 7 fits provided to such officers through employment with their respective
 8 law enforcement agency.
 9 2. Eighty million dollars of the funds allocated pursuant to subdivi-
 10 sion one of this section shall be available to law enforcement agencies
 11 for the purpose of hiring new police officers or re-hiring police offi-
 12 cers who have been laid off, hiring members of the armed forces to serve
 13 as law enforcement officers in crime prevention, and supporting non-hir-
 14 ing initiatives, such as training law enforcement officers in crime
 15 prevention,