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Senate Bill S4957

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for review of bail data reports by the state commission on judicial conduct

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2025-S4957 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7451
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§42 & 216, Judy L; amd §837-u, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6417, A7596

2025-S4957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for review of bail data reports by the state commission on judicial conduct to study such reports for evidence of bias or prejudice by any judge or justice, and where appropriate based on such reports, to initiate, investigate, and hear complaints and otherwise comment on matters of bias and prejudice evidenced therein.

2025-S4957 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4957
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BAILEY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law and the executive law, in relation  to
   providing  for  review of bail data reports by the state commission on
   judicial conduct

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 42 of the judiciary law, as added
 by chapter 156 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   3. (A) To request and receive from any  court,  department,  division,
 board,  bureau,  commission,  or  other agency of the state or political
 subdivision thereof or any public authority such assistance, information
 and data as will enable it properly to carry out its  functions,  powers
 and duties.
   (B)  WITH  RESPECT  TO  THE  REPORTS OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
 COURTS AND THE DIVISION OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES  REQUIRED  UNDER
 SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED SIXTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND
 SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN-U OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, TO STUDY SUCH
 REPORTS FOR EVIDENCE OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE BY ANY JUDGE OR  JUSTICE;  AND
 WHERE  APPROPRIATE  BASED ON SUCH REPORTS, TO INITIATE, INVESTIGATE, AND
 HEAR COMPLAINTS UNDER SECTION FORTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE  AND  OTHERWISE
 COMMENT ON MATTERS OF BIAS AND PREJUDICE EVIDENCED THEREIN IN ITS ANNUAL
 REPORTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2. Subdivision 5 of section 216 of the judiciary law, as amended by
 section 3 of part C of chapter 55 of the laws of  2024,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   5.  The  chief  administrator  of  the courts, in conjunction with the
 division of criminal justice services, shall  collect  data  and  report
 every six months regarding pretrial release and detention. Such data and
 report  shall contain information categorized by age, gender, racial and
 ethnic background;  regarding  the  nature  of  the  criminal  offenses,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09114-01-5

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