Bill Text: NY S01184 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-24 - referred to codes [S01184 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01184-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1184--A
            Cal. No. 65

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 8, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. GIANARIS, BAILEY, BIAGGI, BROUK, HOYLMAN, JACKSON,
          KRUEGER, LIU, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SERRANO, STAVISKY  --  read  twice  and
          ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
          Codes -- reported favorably from said committee and committed  to  the
          Committee  on Rules -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
          to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to  the  Assembly,
          recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored to third reading, amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the  civil  practice  law
          and  rules,  in  relation to detaining persons for longer than twenty-
          four hours

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

     1    Section  1. Section 140.20 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. For purposes of this section,  "without  unnecessary  delay"  shall
     4  mean  promptly,  and  in any event before twenty-four hours or less have
     5  expired, commencing at the time of the person being taken  into  custody
     6  by such police officer, or any person acting on behalf of a police offi-
     7  cer, even when no arrest number has been issued. The failure or inabili-
     8  ty of any government agency to fulfill the requirements of this section,
     9  shall require the immediate release from custody of any person so held.
    10    §  2.  The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new article 3
    11  to read as follows:
    12                                  ARTICLE 3
    13                          DETAINED PERSONS REGISTRY
    14  Section 3.10 Detained persons registry.
    15  § 3.10 Detained persons registry.
    16    1. Cities with a population of one million or more shall establish and
    17  maintain a searchable online registry, consisting of  the  names,  ages,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03652-03-1

        S. 1184--A                          2

     1  and  locations  of persons taken into custody by a police department for
     2  any reason, which will permit authorized users to locate such persons.
     3    2. Such information shall be entered into the registry at the moment a
     4  person  is  taken  into  custody,  and  upon the issuance of any type of
     5  appearance ticket, summons or upon the arraignment of any person entered
     6  into this registry, or upon the release of any person entered into  this
     7  registry from detention, any and all data related thereto shall be imme-
     8  diately removed from the registry, destroyed and rendered unavailable to
     9  any entity for any purpose.
    10    3.  For the purposes of this section, authorized users shall be limit-
    11  ed  to defender organizations contracted with cities to represent crimi-
    12  nal defendants.  The agency administering the registry shall be  charged
    13  with ensuring that authorized users are employed by such defender organ-
    14  izations and shall require login credentials available only to employees
    15  of  such  organizations. The administering agency shall conduct an audit
    16  at least annually to purge any users who are no longer employed by  such
    17  organizations.
    18    4.  The  searchable online registry described in this section shall be
    19  administered and operated solely by the city of New York police  depart-
    20  ment. No non-local law enforcement agency, officer, or employee, nor any
    21  non-local  government employee, nor any private individual or officer of
    22  the court who is not an authorized user, shall be given access  to  this
    23  registry  or  participate  in  the  administration  or operation of this
    24  registry.
    25    5. No authorized user or other person who obtains access to the regis-
    26  try described in this section shall disclose any information obtained or
    27  learned of from such registry to any non-local law  enforcement  agency,
    28  officer, or employee, or to any non-local government employee, or to any
    29  private individual or officer of the court who is not an authorized user
    30  except  by  the  defender  organization to individuals in furtherance of
    31  client or potential client representation.
    32    § 3. Section 7009 of the civil practice law and rules  is  amended  by
    33  adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
    34    (f)  Persons  detained for longer than twenty-four hours. For purposes
    35  of this article, when a writ of habeas corpus is heard  challenging  the
    36  pre-arraignment detention of a person detained for more than twenty-four
    37  hours,  there  shall  be an evidentiary presumption that such detention,
    38  without arraignment, was avoidable, unnecessary and unlawful as  defined
    39  in  section  140.20 of the criminal procedure law, until and unless such
    40  presumption is rebutted by clear and convincing evidence  of  compelling
    41  facts and circumstance demonstrating that such delay was unavoidable and
    42  actually  necessary  for  each  individual  petitioner identified in the
    43  writ.
    44    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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