Bill Text: NY A04147 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that judges in criminal trials are admitted to practice law within the state.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A04147 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04147-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4147

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. ABINANTI, GRIFFIN, GALEF, WALKER, JOYNER, GOTT-
          FRIED, J. D. RIVERA, McDONOUGH, DICKENS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. COOK, DINOWITZ, HYNDMAN, SIMON -- read once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Judiciary

        AN  ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring that judges
          in criminal trials are admitted to practice law within the state

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

     1    Section  1.  The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 9 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 9. Qualifications and restrictions of judges. No person, other  than
     4  one   who holds such office at the effective date of this section, shall
     5  preside over a criminal trial unless he or  she  has  been  admitted  to
     6  practice law in this state.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00903-01-1