S 4957 NY
Provides for review of bail data reports by the state commission on judicial conduct
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Summary
This bill authorizes the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct to review bail data reports to identify patterns of bias or prejudice in bail decisions by judges and justices. The commission would study bail data to determine whether individual judges may be imposing disparate bail decisions based on protected characteristics or other inappropriate factors. When the commission finds evidence of potential bias or prejudice, it may initiate investigations and hear complaints regarding the judicial conduct. The commission would also have the authority to comment on matters of judicial bias or prejudice identified in the bail data. This oversight mechanism aims to promote fairness and accountability in bail decision-making across the judiciary.
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Official abstract
Provides for review of bail data reports by the state commission on judicial conduct to study such reports for evidence of bias or prejudice by any judge or justice, and where appropriate based on such reports, to initiate, investigate, and hear complaints and otherwise comment on matters of bias and prejudice evidenced therein.
Sponsor (1)
- Jamaal Bailey Democratic · primary
1 coauthor / cosponsor
- Lea Webb Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (14)
- Feb 14, 2025 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
- Mar 25, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.593 · upper
- Mar 26, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 27, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 21, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 21, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 22, 2025 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
- Apr 21, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.750 · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Jun 5, 2026 COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
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