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S 10440 NY

Establishes the chief administrator of the courts shall submit annually a report on the problem-solving courts during the preceding year

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Introduced May 15, 2026

Latest action (May 15, 2026) REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Summary

This bill requires the chief administrator of the courts to submit an annual report by March 15 to the legislature and governor on all problem-solving courts operating in New York during the preceding year. The report must include information on the administration, function, and effectiveness of these courts, including summaries of statewide and pilot projects, staffing levels and resources, participant enrollment and completion rates, and coordination efforts among court teams and other justice system partners. The reporting requirement takes effect immediately upon enactment.

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Establishes the chief administrator of the courts shall submit annually a report on the administration, function and effectiveness of the problem-solving courts during the preceding year.

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  1. May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S10440 Summary: BILL NO S10440 &nbsp SAME AS No Same As &nbsp SPONSOR COMRIE &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §212, Judy L &nbsp Establishes the chief administrator of the courts shall submit annually a report on the administration, function and effectiveness of the problem-solving courts during the preceding year.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

10440

IN SENATE

May 15, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 requiring the chief administrator of the courts to submit an annual report on problem- solving courts

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (gg) to read as follows: 3 (gg) Submit annually, on or before the fifteenth day of March, to the 4 legislature and the governor a report on the administration, function 5 and effectiveness of all problem-solving courts operating in the state 6 during the preceding year. Such report shall include, but not be limited 7 to, a summary of statewide and pilot projects being implemented within 8 the problem-solving courts, available information on court staffing 9 levels and resources dedicated to the problem-solving courts, data on 10 participant enrollment, retention, and completion rates, and coordi- 11 nation efforts among court teams and other justice system partners. 12 § 2. Paragraph (aa) of subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary 13 law, as added by chapter 593 of the laws of 2021, is relettered para- 14 graph (aa-1). 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15920-01-6

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