A00687 Summary:

BILL NOA00687
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORDinowitz
 
COSPNSROtis, Bendett
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §517, Judy L
 
Excuses prospective jurors who are over the age of 75 or have a health condition putting such person at greater risk for severe illness from COVID-19 from service; establishes provisions expire after two years.
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A00687 Actions:

BILL NOA00687
 
01/11/2023referred to judiciary
01/03/2024referred to judiciary
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A00687 Committee Votes:

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A00687 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A00687 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           687
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Judiciary
 
        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to  excusing  prospective
          jurors  who  are over the age of 75 or have a health condition putting
          such person at greater risk for  severe  illness  from  COVID-19;  and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 517 of the  judi-
     2  ciary law, as amended by chapter 380 of the laws of 2019, is amended and
     3  a new paragraph 3 is added to read as follows:
     4    (1)  Except  as  otherwise  provided in [paragraph] paragraphs two and
     5  three of this subdivision, the commissioner of jurors may, in his or her
     6  discretion, on the application of  a  prospective  juror  who  has  been
     7  summoned  to  attend,  excuse  such prospective juror from a part or the
     8  whole of the time of jury service or  may  postpone  the  time  of  jury
     9  service  to  a  later  day during the same or any subsequent term of the
    10  court, provided that if the prospective juror is a breastfeeding  mother
    11  and submits with her application a note from a physician indicating that
    12  the  prospective  juror  is breastfeeding, the commissioner shall excuse
    13  the prospective juror or postpone the time of jury service. The applica-
    14  tion shall be presented to the commissioner at such  time  and  in  such
    15  manner  as he or she shall require, except that an application for post-
    16  ponement of the initial date for jury service may be made by telephone.
    17    (3) An application to be excused from jury service shall be granted if
    18  the prospective juror is over the age of seventy-five or if such  appli-
    19  cant submits a letter with their application from a health care provider
    20  stating  that  the  prospective juror has an underlying health condition
    21  which puts such person at greater risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    23  deemed repealed April 1, 2025.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00757-01-3
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