Bill Text: NY S07397 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of court administration and division of criminal justice services to collect and publish certain data relating to bail reform.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S07397 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07397-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7397

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                   September 24, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEIK  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT relating to publishing data on the effects of bail reform

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

     1    Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  timing  of the recent surge in
     2  shootings and violent  crime  corresponds  with  the  implementation  of
     3  changes to the bail laws passed by the majorities in the legislature and
     4  signed  by the governor as part of the 2019-2020 State Budget. Since the
     5  start of 2020, shootings, murders, assaults  and  other  violent  crimes
     6  have  dramatically increased all across the state. Shootings in New York
     7  City increased nearly one hundred percent from 2019  to  2020  and  this
     8  year  shootings  are up another fifty percent through July. Shootings in
     9  the metropolitan areas across the state outside of New York City were up
    10  seventy-five percent from 2019 to 2020  and  another  forty-one  percent
    11  this year through July.
    12    It is imperative that the state fully understands the ramifications of
    13  the  changes  to the bail reform act.  The data collected by this legis-
    14  lation will help with that endeavor.
    15    § 2. The Office of Court Administration in collaboration with the  New
    16  York  State  Division of Criminal Justice Services shall collect data on
    17  the following information:
    18    (a) The number of individuals that were charged with  crimes  that  no
    19  longer qualify for bail, and a breakdown of those charges;
    20    (b)  The  number  of  individuals  released  pending trial because the
    21  offense no longer qualifies for bail and then re-offended while awaiting
    22  trial; and
    23    (c) The types of crimes committed by re-offenders awaiting trial.
    24    The data shall be published on the Office  of  Court  Administration's
    25  website  and  the  New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services'
    26  website in a searchable format.
    27    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately,  provided,  however,  the
    28  data shall be published within thirty days of the effective date of this
    29  act.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13259-01-1