Bill Text: NY A10342 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes bail and pre-trial detention for domestic violence charges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-29 - referred to codes [A10342 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10342-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10342 IN ASSEMBLY April 29, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to bail and pre-trial detention and domestic violence charges The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 510.10 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by 2 section 2 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019 and subdivision 3 4 as amended by section 2 of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, 4 is amended to read as follows: 5 § 510.10 Securing order; when required; alternatives available; standard 6 to be applied. 7 1. When a principal, whose future court attendance at a criminal 8 action or proceeding is or may be required, comes under the control of a 9 court, such court shall, in accordance with this title, by a securing 10 order release the principal on the principal's own recognizance, release 11 the principal under non-monetary conditions, or, where authorized, fix 12 bail or commit the principal to the custody of the sheriff. In all such 13 cases, except where another type of securing order is shown to be 14 required by law, the court shall release the principal pending trial on 15 the principal's own recognizance, unless it is demonstrated and the 16 court makes an individualized determination that the principal poses a 17 risk of flight to avoid prosecution. If such a finding is made, the 18 court must select the least restrictive alternative and condition or 19 conditions that will reasonably assure the principal's return to court. 20 The court shall explain its choice of release, release with conditions, 21 bail or remand on the record or in writing. 22 2. A principal is entitled to representation by counsel under this 23 chapter in preparing an application for release, when a securing order 24 is being considered and when a securing order is being reviewed for 25 modification, revocation or termination. If the principal is financially 26 unable to obtain counsel, counsel shall be assigned to the principal. 27 3. In cases other than as described in [subdivision] subdivisions four 28 and five of this section the court shall release the principal pending EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15108-02-0A. 10342 2 1 trial on the principal's own recognizance, unless the court finds on the 2 record or in writing that release on the principal's own recognizance 3 will not reasonably assure the principal's return to court. In such 4 instances, the court shall release the principal under non-monetary 5 conditions, selecting the least restrictive alternative and conditions 6 that will reasonably assure the principal's return to court. The court 7 shall explain its choice of alternative and conditions on the record or 8 in writing. 9 4. Where the principal stands charged with a qualifying offense, the 10 court, unless otherwise prohibited by law, may in its discretion release 11 the principal pending trial on the principal's own recognizance or under 12 non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or, where the defendant is charged 13 with a qualifying offense which is a felony, the court may commit the 14 principal to the custody of the sheriff. A principal stands charged with 15 a qualifying offense for the purposes of this subdivision when he or she 16 stands charged with: 17 (a) a felony enumerated in section 70.02 of the penal law, other than 18 robbery in the second degree as defined in subdivision one of section 19 160.10 of the penal law, provided, however, that burglary in the second 20 degree as defined in subdivision two of section 140.25 of the penal law 21 shall be a qualifying offense only where the defendant is charged with 22 entering the living area of the dwelling; 23 (b) a crime involving witness intimidation under section 215.15 of the 24 penal law; 25 (c) a crime involving witness tampering under section 215.11, 215.12 26 or 215.13 of the penal law; 27 (d) a class A felony defined in the penal law, provided that for class 28 A felonies under article two hundred twenty of the penal law, only class 29 A-I felonies shall be a qualifying offense; 30 (e) a sex trafficking offense defined in section 230.34 or 230.34-a of 31 the penal law, or a felony sex offense defined in section 70.80 of the 32 penal law, or a crime involving incest as defined in section 255.25, 33 255.26 or 255.27 of such law, or a misdemeanor defined in article one 34 hundred thirty of such law; 35 (f) conspiracy in the second degree as defined in section 105.15 of 36 the penal law, where the underlying allegation of such charge is that 37 the defendant conspired to commit a class A felony defined in article 38 one hundred twenty-five of the penal law; 39 (g) money laundering in support of terrorism in the first degree as 40 defined in section 470.24 of the penal law; money laundering in support 41 of terrorism in the second degree as defined in section 470.23 of the 42 penal law; money laundering in support of terrorism in the third degree 43 as defined in section 470.22 of the penal law; money laundering in 44 support of terrorism in the fourth degree as defined in section 470.21 45 of the penal law; or a felony crime of terrorism as defined in article 46 four hundred ninety of the penal law, other than the crime defined in 47 section 490.20 of such law; 48 (h) [criminal contempt in the second degree as defined in subdivision49three of section 215.50 of the penal law, criminal contempt in the first50degree as defined in subdivision (b), (c) or (d) of section 215.51 of51the penal law or aggravated criminal contempt as defined in section52215.52 of the penal law, and the underlying allegation of such charge of53criminal contempt in the second degree, criminal contempt in the first54degree or aggravated criminal contempt is that the defendant violated a55duly served order of protection where the protected party is a member ofA. 10342 3 1the defendant's same family or household as defined in subdivision one2of section 530.11 of this title;3(i)] facilitating a sexual performance by a child with a controlled 4 substance or alcohol as defined in section 263.30 of the penal law, use 5 of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of the 6 penal law or luring a child as defined in subdivision one of section 7 120.70 of the penal law, promoting an obscene sexual performance by a 8 child as defined in section 263.10 of the penal law or promoting a sexu- 9 al performance by a child as defined in section 263.15 of the penal law; 10 [(j)] (i) any crime that is alleged to have caused the death of anoth- 11 er person; 12 [(k)] (j) criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation as 13 defined in section 121.11 of the penal law, strangulation in the second 14 degree as defined in section 121.12 of the penal law or unlawful impri- 15 sonment in the first degree as defined in section 135.10 of the penal 16 law, and is alleged to have committed the offense against a member of 17 the defendant's same family or household as defined in subdivision one 18 of section 530.11 of this title; 19 [(l)] (k) aggravated vehicular assault as defined in section 120.04-a 20 of the penal law or vehicular assault in the first degree as defined in 21 section 120.04 of the penal law; 22 [(m)] (l) assault in the third degree as defined in section 120.00 of 23 the penal law or arson in the third degree as defined in section 150.10 24 of the penal law, when such crime is charged as a hate crime as defined 25 in section 485.05 of the penal law; 26 [(n)] (m) aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old 27 as defined in section 120.12 of the penal law or criminal possession of 28 a weapon on school grounds as defined in section 265.01-a of the penal 29 law; 30 [(o)] (n) grand larceny in the first degree as defined in section 31 155.42 of the penal law, enterprise corruption as defined in section 32 460.20 of the penal law, or money laundering in the first degree as 33 defined in section 470.20 of the penal law; 34 [(p)] (o) failure to register as a sex offender pursuant to section 35 one hundred sixty-eight-t of the correction law or endangering the 36 welfare of a child as defined in subdivision one of section 260.10 of 37 the penal law, where the defendant is required to maintain registration 38 under article six-C of the correction law and designated a level three 39 offender pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred 40 sixty-eight-l of the correction law; 41 [(q)] (p) a crime involving bail jumping under section 215.55, 215.56 42 or 215.57 of the penal law, or a crime involving escaping from custody 43 under section 205.05, 205.10 or 205.15 of the penal law; 44 [(r)] (q) any felony offense committed by the principal while serving 45 a sentence of probation or while released to post release supervision; 46 [(s)] (r) a felony, where the defendant qualifies for sentencing on 47 such charge as a persistent felony offender pursuant to section 70.10 of 48 the penal law; or 49 [(t)] (s) any felony or class A misdemeanor involving harm to an iden- 50 tifiable person or property, where such charge arose from conduct occur- 51 ring while the defendant was released on his or her own recognizance or 52 released under conditions for a separate felony or class A misdemeanor 53 involving harm to an identifiable person or property, provided, however, 54 that the prosecutor must show reasonable cause to believe that the 55 defendant committed the instant crime and any underlying crime. For theA. 10342 4 1 purposes of this subparagraph, any of the underlying crimes need not be 2 a qualifying offense as defined in this subdivision. 3 5. Where the principal stands charged with a crime or crimes against a 4 member or members of the same family or household as that term is 5 defined in subdivision one of section 530.11 of this title, the court, 6 unless otherwise prohibited by law, may in its discretion release the 7 principal pending trail on the principal's own recognizance or under 8 non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or commit the principal to the custo- 9 dy of the sheriff. 10 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions three [and], four 11 and five of this section, with respect to any charge for which bail or 12 remand is not ordered, and for which the court would not or could not 13 otherwise require bail or remand, a defendant may, at any time, request 14 that the court set bail in a nominal amount requested by the defendant 15 in the form specified in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 16 520.10 of this title; if the court is satisfied that the request is 17 voluntary, the court shall set such bail in such amount. 18 [6.] 7. When a securing order is revoked or otherwise terminated in 19 the course of an uncompleted action or proceeding but the principal's 20 future court attendance still is or may be required and the principal is 21 still under the control of a court, a new securing order must be issued. 22 When the court revokes or otherwise terminates a securing order which 23 committed the principal to the custody of the sheriff, the court shall 24 give written notification to the sheriff of such revocation or termi- 25 nation of the securing order. 26 § 2. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section 510.30 of the criminal 27 procedure law is amended by adding three new subparagraphs (iii), (iv) 28 and (v) to read as follows: 29 (iii) any history of prior acts of violence or threats of violence 30 against a witness in the pending criminal action; and 31 (iv) any order of protection issued by any court against the principal 32 for the protection of a member or members of the same family or house- 33 hold as that term is defined in subdivision one of section 530.11 of 34 this title, whether or not such order of protection is currently in 35 effect; and 36 (v) any prior arrest or conviction for a crime or violation against a 37 member or members of the same family or household as that term is 38 defined in subdivision one of section 530.11 of this title; and 39 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 530.20 of the criminal procedure law, as 40 amended by section 16 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019 and 41 paragraph (b) as amended by section 3 of part UU of chapter 56 of the 42 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 43 1. (a) In cases other than as described in paragraph (b) or (c) of 44 this subdivision the court shall release the principal pending trial on 45 the principal's own recognizance, unless the court finds on the record 46 or in writing that release on the principal's own recognizance will not 47 reasonably assure the principal's return to court. In such instances, 48 the court shall release the principal under non-monetary conditions, 49 selecting the least restrictive alternative and conditions that will 50 reasonably assure the principal's return to court. The court shall 51 explain its choice of alternative and conditions on the record or in 52 writing. 53 (b) Where the principal stands charged with a qualifying offense, the 54 court, unless otherwise prohibited by law, may in its discretion release 55 the principal pending trial on the principal's own recognizance or under 56 non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or, where the defendant is chargedA. 10342 5 1 with a qualifying offense which is a felony, the court may commit the 2 principal to the custody of the sheriff. The court shall explain its 3 choice of release, release with conditions, bail or remand on the record 4 or in writing. A principal stands charged with a qualifying offense when 5 he or she stands charged with: 6 (i) a felony enumerated in section 70.02 of the penal law, other than 7 robbery in the second degree as defined in subdivision one of section 8 160.10 of the penal law, provided, however, that burglary in the second 9 degree as defined in subdivision two of section 140.25 of the penal law 10 shall be a qualifying offense only where the defendant is charged with 11 entering the living area of the dwelling; 12 (ii) a crime involving witness intimidation under section 215.15 of 13 the penal law; 14 (iii) a crime involving witness tampering under section 215.11, 215.12 15 or 215.13 of the penal law; 16 (iv) a class A felony defined in the penal law, provided, that for 17 class A felonies under article two hundred twenty of such law, only 18 class A-I felonies shall be a qualifying offense; 19 (v) a sex trafficking offense defined in section 230.34 or 230.34-a of 20 the penal law, or a felony sex offense defined in section 70.80 of the 21 penal law or a crime involving incest as defined in section 255.25, 22 255.26 or 255.27 of such law, or a misdemeanor defined in article one 23 hundred thirty of such law; 24 (vi) conspiracy in the second degree as defined in section 105.15 of 25 the penal law, where the underlying allegation of such charge is that 26 the defendant conspired to commit a class A felony defined in article 27 one hundred twenty-five of the penal law; 28 (vii) money laundering in support of terrorism in the first degree as 29 defined in section 470.24 of the penal law; money laundering in support 30 of terrorism in the second degree as defined in section 470.23 of the 31 penal law; money laundering in support of terrorism in the third degree 32 as defined in section 470.22 of the penal law; money laundering in 33 support of terrorism in the fourth degree as defined in section 470.21 34 of the penal law; or a felony crime of terrorism as defined in article 35 four hundred ninety of the penal law, other than the crime defined in 36 section 490.20 of such law; 37 (viii) [criminal contempt in the second degree as defined in subdivi-38sion three of section 215.50 of the penal law, criminal contempt in the39first degree as defined in subdivision (b), (c) or (d) of section 215.5140of the penal law or aggravated criminal contempt as defined in section41215.52 of the penal law, and the underlying allegation of such charge of42criminal contempt in the second degree, criminal contempt in the first43degree or aggravated criminal contempt is that the defendant violated a44duly served order of protection where the protected party is a member of45the defendant's same family or household as defined in subdivision one46of section 530.11 of this article;47(ix)] facilitating a sexual performance by a child with a controlled 48 substance or alcohol as defined in section 263.30 of the penal law, use 49 of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of the 50 penal law or luring a child as defined in subdivision one of section 51 120.70 of the penal law, promoting an obscene sexual performance by a 52 child as defined in section 263.10 of the penal law or promoting a sexu- 53 al performance by a child as defined in section 263.15 of the penal law; 54 [(x)] (ix) any crime that is alleged to have caused the death of 55 another person;A. 10342 6 1 [(xi)] (x) criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation as 2 defined in section 121.11 of the penal law, strangulation in the second 3 degree as defined in section 121.12 of the penal law or unlawful impri- 4 sonment in the first degree as defined in section 135.10 of the penal 5 law, and is alleged to have committed the offense against a member of 6 the defendant's same family or household as defined in subdivision one 7 of section 530.11 of this article; 8 [(xii)] (xi) aggravated vehicular assault as defined in section 9 120.04-a of the penal law or vehicular assault in the first degree as 10 defined in section 120.04 of the penal law; 11 [(xiii)] (xii) assault in the third degree as defined in section 12 120.00 of the penal law or arson in the third degree as defined in 13 section 150.10 of the penal law, when such crime is charged as a hate 14 crime as defined in section 485.05 of the penal law; 15 [(xiv)] (xiii) aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years 16 old as defined in section 120.12 of the penal law or criminal possession 17 of a weapon on school grounds as defined in section 265.01-a of the 18 penal law; 19 [(xv)] (xiv) grand larceny in the first degree as defined in section 20 155.42 of the penal law, enterprise corruption as defined in section 21 460.20 of the penal law, or money laundering in the first degree as 22 defined in section 470.20 of the penal law; 23 [(xvi)] (xv) failure to register as a sex offender pursuant to section 24 one hundred sixty-eight-t of the correction law or endangering the 25 welfare of a child as defined in subdivision one of section 260.10 of 26 the penal law, where the defendant is required to maintain registration 27 under article six-C of the correction law and designated a level three 28 offender pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred 29 sixty-eight-l of the correction law; 30 [(xvii)] (xvi) a crime involving bail jumping under section 215.55, 31 215.56 or 215.57 of the penal law, or a crime involving escaping from 32 custody under section 205.05, 205.10 or 205.15 of the penal law; 33 [(xviii)] (xvii) any felony offense committed by the principal while 34 serving a sentence of probation or while released to post release super- 35 vision; 36 [(xix)] (xviii) a felony, where the defendant qualifies for sentencing 37 on such charge as a persistent felony offender pursuant to section 70.10 38 of the penal law; or 39 [(xx)] (xix) any felony or class A misdemeanor involving harm to an 40 identifiable person or property, where such charge arose from conduct 41 occurring while the defendant was released on his or her own recogni- 42 zance or released under conditions for a separate felony or class A 43 misdemeanor involving harm to an identifiable person or property, 44 provided, however, that the prosecutor must show reasonable cause to 45 believe that the defendant committed the instant crime and any underly- 46 ing crime. For the purposes of this subparagraph, any of the underlying 47 crimes need not be a qualifying offense as defined in this subdivision. 48 (c) Where the principal stands charged with a crime or crimes against 49 a member or members of the same family or household as that term is 50 defined in subdivision one or section 530.11 of this article, the court, 51 unless otherwise prohibited by law, may in its discretion release the 52 principal pending trial on the principal's own recognizance or under 53 non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or commit the principal to the custo- 54 dy of the sheriff. 55 (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) [and], (b)and (c) 56 of this subdivision, with respect to any charge for which bail or remandA. 10342 7 1 is not ordered, and for which the court would not or could not otherwise 2 require bail or remand, a defendant may, at any time, request that the 3 court set bail in a nominal amount requested by the defendant in the 4 form specified in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 520.10 of 5 this title; if the court is satisfied that the request is voluntary, the 6 court shall set such bail in such amount. 7 § 4. Section 530.40 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by 8 section 18 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019 and subdivision 9 4 as amended by section 4 of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, 10 is amended to read as follows: 11 § 530.40 Order of recognizance, release under non-monetary conditions or 12 bail; by superior court when action is pending therein. 13 When a criminal action is pending in a superior court, such court, 14 upon application of a defendant, must or may order recognizance or bail 15 as follows: 16 1. When the defendant is charged with an offense or offenses of less 17 than felony grade only, the court must, unless otherwise provided by 18 law, order recognizance or release under non-monetary conditions in 19 accordance with this section. 20 2. When the defendant is charged with a felony, the court may, unless 21 otherwise provided by law in its discretion, order recognizance, release 22 under non-monetary conditions or, where authorized, bail. In any such 23 case in which an indictment (a) has resulted from an order of a local 24 criminal court holding the defendant for the action of the grand jury, 25 or (b) was filed at a time when a felony complaint charging the same 26 conduct was pending in a local criminal court, and in which such local 27 criminal court or a superior court judge has issued an order of recogni- 28 zance, release under non-monetary conditions or, where authorized, bail 29 which is still effective, the superior court's order may be in the form 30 of a direction continuing the effectiveness of the previous order. 31 3. In cases other than as described in [subdivision] subdivisions four 32 and five of this section the court shall release the principal pending 33 trial on the principal's own recognizance, unless the court finds on the 34 record or in writing that release on the principal's own recognizance 35 will not reasonably assure the principal's return to court. In such 36 instances, the court shall release the principal under non-monetary 37 conditions, selecting the least restrictive alternative and conditions 38 that will reasonably assure the principal's return to court. The court 39 shall explain its choice of alternative and conditions on the record or 40 in writing. 41 4. Where the principal stands charged with a qualifying offense, the 42 court, unless otherwise prohibited by law, may in its discretion release 43 the principal pending trial on the principal's own recognizance or under 44 non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or, where the defendant is charged 45 with a qualifying offense which is a felony, the court may commit the 46 principal to the custody of the sheriff. The court shall explain its 47 choice of release, release with conditions, bail or remand on the record 48 or in writing. A principal stands charged with a qualifying offense for 49 the purposes of this subdivision when he or she stands charged with: 50 (a) a felony enumerated in section 70.02 of the penal law, other than 51 robbery in the second degree as defined in subdivision one of section 52 160.10 of the penal law, provided, however, that burglary in the second 53 degree as defined in subdivision two of section 140.25 of the penal law 54 shall be a qualifying offense only where the defendant is charged with 55 entering the living area of the dwelling;A. 10342 8 1 (b) a crime involving witness intimidation under section 215.15 of the 2 penal law; 3 (c) a crime involving witness tampering under section 215.11, 215.12 4 or 215.13 of the penal law; 5 (d) a class A felony defined in the penal law, provided that for class 6 A felonies under article two hundred twenty of such law, only class A-I 7 felonies shall be a qualifying offense; 8 (e) a sex trafficking offense defined in section 230.34 or 230.34-a of 9 the penal law, or a felony sex offense defined in section 70.80 of the 10 penal law or a crime involving incest as defined in section 255.25, 11 255.26 or 255.27 of such law, or a misdemeanor defined in article one 12 hundred thirty of such law; 13 (f) conspiracy in the second degree as defined in section 105.15 of 14 the penal law, where the underlying allegation of such charge is that 15 the defendant conspired to commit a class A felony defined in article 16 one hundred twenty-five of the penal law; 17 (g) money laundering in support of terrorism in the first degree as 18 defined in section 470.24 of the penal law; money laundering in support 19 of terrorism in the second degree as defined in section 470.23 of the 20 penal law; money laundering in support of terrorism in the third degree 21 as defined in section 470.22 of the penal law; money laundering in 22 support of terrorism in the fourth degree as defined in section 470.21 23 of the penal law; or a felony crime of terrorism as defined in article 24 four hundred ninety of the penal law, other than the crime defined in 25 section 490.20 of such law; 26 (h) [criminal contempt in the second degree as defined in subdivision27three of section 215.50 of the penal law, criminal contempt in the first28degree as defined in subdivision (b), (c) or (d) of section 215.51 of29the penal law or aggravated criminal contempt as defined in section30215.52 of the penal law, and the underlying allegation of such charge of31criminal contempt in the second degree, criminal contempt in the first32degree or aggravated criminal contempt is that the defendant violated a33duly served order of protection where the protected party is a member of34the defendant's same family or household as defined in subdivision one35of section 530.11 of this article;36(i)] facilitating a sexual performance by a child with a controlled 37 substance or alcohol as defined in section 263.30 of the penal law, use 38 of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of the 39 penal law or luring a child as defined in subdivision one of section 40 120.70 of the penal law, promoting an obscene sexual performance by a 41 child as defined in section 263.10 of the penal law or promoting a sexu- 42 al performance by a child as defined in section 263.15 of the penal law; 43 [(j)] (i) any crime that is alleged to have caused the death of anoth- 44 er person; 45 [(k)] (j) criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation as 46 defined in section 121.11 of the penal law, strangulation in the second 47 degree as defined in section 121.12 of the penal law or unlawful impri- 48 sonment in the first degree as defined in section 135.10 of the penal 49 law, and is alleged to have committed the offense against a member of 50 the defendant's same family or household as defined in subdivision one 51 of section 530.11 of this article; 52 [(l)] (k) aggravated vehicular assault as defined in section 120.04-a 53 of the penal law or vehicular assault in the first degree as defined in 54 section 120.04 of the penal law; 55 [(m)] (l) assault in the third degree as defined in section 120.00 of 56 the penal law or arson in the third degree as defined in section 150.10A. 10342 9 1 of the penal law, when such crime is charged as a hate crime as defined 2 in section 485.05 of the penal law; 3 [(n)] (m) aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old 4 as defined in section 120.12 of the penal law or criminal possession of 5 a weapon on school grounds as defined in section 265.01-a of the penal 6 law; 7 [(o)] (n) grand larceny in the first degree as defined in section 8 155.42 of the penal law, enterprise corruption as defined in section 9 460.20 of the penal law, or money laundering in the first degree as 10 defined in section 470.20 of the penal law; 11 [(p)] (o) failure to register as a sex offender pursuant to section 12 one hundred sixty-eight-t of the correction law or endangering the 13 welfare of a child as defined in subdivision one of section 260.10 of 14 the penal law, where the defendant is required to maintain registration 15 under article six-C of the correction law and designated a level three 16 offender pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred 17 sixty-eight-l of the correction law; 18 [(q)] (p) a crime involving bail jumping under section 215.55, 215.56 19 or 215.57 of the penal law, or a crime involving escaping from custody 20 under section 205.05, 205.10 or 205.15 of the penal law; 21 [(r)] (q) any felony offense committed by the principal while serving 22 a sentence of probation or while released to post release supervision; 23 [(s)] (r) a felony, where the defendant qualifies for sentencing on 24 such charge as a persistent felony offender pursuant to section 70.10 of 25 the penal law; or 26 [(t)] (s) any felony or class A misdemeanor involving harm to an iden- 27 tifiable person or property, where such charge arose from conduct occur- 28 ring while the defendant was released on his or her own recognizance or 29 released under conditions for a separate felony or class A misdemeanor 30 involving harm to an identifiable person or property, provided, however, 31 that the prosecutor must show reasonable cause to believe that the 32 defendant committed the instant crime and any underlying crime. For the 33 purposes of this subparagraph, any of the underlying crimes need not be 34 a qualifying offense as defined in this subdivision. 35 5. Where the principal stands charged with a crime or crimes against a 36 member or members of the same family or household as that term is 37 defined in subdivision one of section 530.11 of this article, the court, 38 unless otherwise prohibited by law, may in its discretion release the 39 principal pending trial on the principal's own recognizance or under 40 non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or commit the principal to the custo- 41 dy of the sheriff. 42 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions three [and] four, 43 and five of this section, with respect to any charge for which bail or 44 remand is not ordered, and for which the court would not or could not 45 otherwise require bail or remand, a defendant may, at any time, request 46 that the court set bail in a nominal amount requested by the defendant 47 in the form specified in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 48 520.10 of this title; if the court is satisfied that the request is 49 voluntary, the court shall set such bail in such amount. 50 [6.] 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions two, three 51 [and] four, and five of this section, a superior court may not order 52 recognizance, release under non-monetary conditions or, where author- 53 ized, bail, or permit a defendant to remain at liberty pursuant to an 54 existing order, after the defendant has been convicted of either: (a) a 55 class A felony or (b) any class B or class C felony as defined in arti- 56 cle one hundred thirty of the penal law committed or attempted to beA. 10342 10 1 committed by a person eighteen years of age or older against a person 2 less than eighteen years of age. In either case the court must commit or 3 remand the defendant to the custody of the sheriff. 4 [7.] 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions two, three 5 [and] four, and five of this section, a superior court may not order 6 recognizance, release under non-monetary conditions or, where author- 7 ized, bail when the defendant is charged with a felony unless and until 8 the district attorney has had an opportunity to be heard in the matter 9 and such court and counsel for the defendant have been furnished with a 10 report as described in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 11 two of section 530.20 of this article. 12 § 5. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 13 manner as part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, takes effect.