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A05414 Summary:

BILL NO	A05414
SAME AS	SAME AS S02240
SPONSOR	Gibbs
COSPNSR	Romero, Reyes, Burroughs, Otis, Dais, Shrestha, Torres, Gallagher, Taylor, Jackson, Cruz, Epstein, Kelles, Seawright, Walker, Hevesi, Cunningham, Simone, Davila, Simon, Shimsky, Zaccaro, Anderson, Hooks, Lucas, Weprin, Solages, Bores, Meeks, Hyndman, Zinerman, Lunsford, Glick
MLTSPNSR
Rpld §510 sub 3, amd §517, Judy L
Removes the lifetime ban on jury duty for convicted felons; repealer.

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A05414 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5414
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 13, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
 
        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to removing the  lifetime
          ban  on  jury  duty  for  convicted  felons;  and  to  repeal  certain
          provisions of such law related thereto

          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 is
     2  REPEALED.
     3    § 2. Section 517 of the judiciary law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     4  subdivision (d) to read as follows:
     5    (d) The jury service of any person serving a term of incarceration for
     6  a  felony conviction shall be postponed while the person is incarcerated
     7  for such felony.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05843-03-5

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