New York Senate Bill 313

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES
Pending: Senate Codes Committee
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).

Sen. Julia Salazar [D]	Sen. Jabari Brisport [D]	Sen. Samra Brouk [D]	Sen. Cordell Cleare [D]
Sen. Leroy Comrie [D]	Sen. Jeremy Cooney [D]	Sen. Nathalia Fernandez [D]	Sen. Michael Gianaris [D]
Sen. Kristen Gonzalez [D]	Sen. Andrew Gounardes [D]	Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]	Sen. Robert Jackson [D]
Sen. Brian Kavanagh [D]	Sen. Liz Krueger [D]	Sen. Rachel May [D]	Sen. Zellnor Myrie [D]
Sen. Kevin Parker [D]	Sen. Roxanne Persaud [D]	Sen. Jessica Ramos [D]	Sen. Gustavo Rivera [D]
Sen. James Sanders [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]	Sen. Jose Serrano [D]	Sen. Toby Stavisky [D]
Sen. Kevin Thomas [D]	Sen. Lea Webb [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Senate	REFERRED TO CODES
2023-01-04	Senate	REFERRED TO CODES

A04183 (Same As) 2024-07-22 - enacting clause stricken

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S313
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S00313&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S00313