Bill Text: NY S02674 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Clarifies certain provisions relating to protective orders for juries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-27 - ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.157 [S02674 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S02674-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2674

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 22, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in  relation  to  protective
          orders for juries

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 270.15 of the criminal procedure
     2  law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending  the  criminal
     3  procedure  law  relating to protective orders for juries, as proposed in
     4  legislative bills numbers S. 6239 and A. 7495, is  amended  to  read  as
     5  follows:
     6    1-a.  The  court  may  [for],  upon a finding that there is good cause
     7  [shown] to believe that a threat to the safety or integrity of the  jury
     8  exists,  upon  motion of either party or any affected person or upon its
     9  own initiative, issue a protective order for a stated period  regulating
    10  disclosure  of  the names and the business or residential address of any
    11  prospective or sworn juror to any person or persons, other than to coun-
    12  sel for either party.   In determining whether good  cause  exists,  the
    13  court may consider:
    14    (a) whether the defendant or persons acting on behalf of the defendant
    15  have  bribed,  tampered  with,  or caused or attempted to cause physical
    16  injury to or harassed a juror or prospective juror in  another  criminal
    17  action or proceeding or in the instant criminal action or proceeding;
    18    (b)  the  seriousness  of the charges against the defendant, including
    19  whether the defendant is charged with  participating  in  a  large-scale
    20  criminal enterprise; and
    21    (c) the extent of pretrial publicity concerning the criminal action or
    22  proceeding.
    23    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    24  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the criminal  procedure
    25  law relating to protective orders for juries, as proposed in legislative
    26  bills numbers S. 6239 and A. 7495, takes effect.

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