New York Assembly Bill 4183

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-07-22 - enacting clause stricken
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Eliminates court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); prohibits mandatory minimum fines for penal law and vehicle and traffic offenses (Part B); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part C); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part D); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part E); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part F); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part G).

Eliminates court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); prohibits mandatory minimum fines for penal law and vehicle and traffic offenses (Part B); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part C); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part D); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part E); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part F); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part G).

Asm. Kenneth Burgos [D]	Asm. Karines Reyes [D]	Asm. Rebecca Seawright [D]	Asm. Jo Simon [D]
Asm. Phillip Steck [D]	Asm. Harvey Epstein [D]	Asm. Linda Rosenthal [D]	Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest [D]
Asm. Zohran Kwame Mamdani [D]	Asm. Catalina Cruz [D]	Asm. Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas [D]	Asm. Jeffrion Aubry [D]
Asm. Chantel Jackson [D]	Asm. Christopher Burdick [D]	Asm. Emily Gallagher [D]	Asm. Marcela Mitaynes [D]
Asm. Charles Lavine [D]	Asm. Anna Kelles [D]	Asm. Amanda Septimo [D]	Asm. Jonathan Rivera [D]
Asm. Demond Meeks [D]	Asm. Latrice Walker [D]	Asm. Eddie Gibbs [D]	Asm. Vivian Cook [D]
Asm. Andrew Hevesi [D]	Asm. Robert Carroll [D]	Asm. Yudelka Tapia [D]	Asm. Steven Raga [D]
Asm. Tony Simone [D]	Asm. Khaleel Anderson [D]	Asm. Juan Ardila [D]	Asm. Maritza Davila [D]
Asm. George Alvarez [D]	Asm. Deborah Glick [D]	Asm. Sarahana Shrestha [D]	Asm. Dana Levenberg [D]
Asm. Michaelle Solages [D]	Asm. Taylor Darling [D]	Asm. Maryjane Shimsky [D]	Asm. John Zaccaro [D]
Asm. Stefani Zinerman [D]	Asm. Harry Bronson [D]	Asm. Alfred Taylor [D]	Asm. Alicia Hyndman [D]
Asm. Monique Chandler-Waterman [D]	Asm. Alex Bores [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-07-22	Assembly	enacting clause stricken
2024-01-03	Assembly	referred to codes
2023-02-10	Assembly	referred to codes

S00313 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4183
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04183&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A04183