Bill Text: NY S00221 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to removing the lifetime ban on jury duty for convicted felons who have completed their sentencing, including any period of probation or community supervision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00221 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S00221-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 221--A Cal. No. 57 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BENJAMIN, MONTGOMERY, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to removing the lifetime ban on jury duty for convicted felons who have completed their sentencing The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 510 of the judiciary law, as 2 amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. [Not have been] If convicted of a felony, have completed any 5 sentencing related to such conviction, including any period of probation 6 or community supervision. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01767-02-9
