BILL NUMBER: S578
SPONSOR: HELMING
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to offenses for
which a court may fix bail or commit a principal to custody of the sher-
iff
 
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to allow courts to fix bail or commit a
principal to custody of the sheriff in cases of offenses committed by
sex offenders.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 510.10 of the criminal proce-
dure 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e-1)
Section 2 amends Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 530.20 of the
criminal procedure law by adding a new subparagraph (v-1)
Section 3 amends subdivision 4 of section 530.40 of the criminal proce-
dure law is by adding a new paragraph (e-1)
Section 4 provides the effective date
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This act is in response to the bail reform that passed and has allowed
sexual predators to be freely released into our communities after
committing crimes. In the best interest of the safety of New York resi-
dents, this bill aims to give discretion back to the judicial system
when an individual commits a crime and was previously designated as a
sex offender. Sex offenders should not just to be automatic releases
back into our communities. Our judges should be able to make the deter-
mination if this individual should be released or held on bail.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-2024: S.2523 referred to Codes
2021-2022: S.2615 referred to Codes/A.3761 referred to Codes
2020: S.8233 referred to Codes/A.10269 referred to Codes
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become law.

Statutes affected:
S578: 510.10 criminal procedure law, 510.10(1) criminal procedure law, 510.10(3) criminal procedure law, 530.20 criminal procedure law, 530.20(1) criminal procedure law, 530.40 criminal procedure law, 530.40(4) criminal procedure law