A05844 Summary:
| BILL NO | A05844 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Jackson |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §12, Cor L | |
| Prevents the overdetention of persons due to an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction. | |
A05844 Actions:
| BILL NO | A05844 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02/24/2025 | referred to correction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/07/2026 | referred to correction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A05844 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to preventing the over- detention of persons due to an outstanding warrant PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:; The purpose of this bill is to prevent over detention due to outstanding warrants. SUMMARY OF PROVISION: Section 1: amends the correction law by adding a new section 12 that prohibits the holding of an individual for more than 3 days if they would not be otherwise held if not for an outstanding warrant. Section 2: sets the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Despite the constitution making it illegal to,detain inmates for more time than necessary, the criminal justice system has yet to enforce a more just and fair solution to dealing with inmates that are held longer than required. An outstanding warrant from a separate jurisdiction should not be an eligible excuse to hold a person longer than necessary. This bill would simply make it illegal to do so. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: TBD. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law.
A05844 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5844 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to preventing the over- detention of persons due to an outstanding warrant The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 12 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 12. Detention on warrant from another jurisdiction. No person shall 4 be held in a state or local correctional facility within the state for 5 more than 3 days after when such person would have been released from 6 such facility if not for an outstanding warrant from another jurisdic- 7 tion unless such state or local correctional facility was informed that 8 the warrant is to be acted on by such other jurisdiction. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03391-01-5