STATE OF NEW YORK
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2240
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, COMRIE,
COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY,
HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER,
RAMOS, RIVERA, S. RYAN, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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2 REPEALED.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.
LBD05843-02-5
