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NY S 9475

in committee

Relates to race-blind charging guidelines for prosecution agencies

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 9475 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9475 is in committee as of 2026-04-20 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-20): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES

What is NY S 9475 about?

Requires the department of criminal justice services to develop, issue, and publish "race-blind charging" guidelines for a process whereby all prosecution agencies that prosecute criminal violations of the law as felonies or misdemeanors, shall implement a process by which an initial review of a case for potential charging is performed based on information, including police reports and criminal histories from the department of justice, from which direct means of identifying the race of the suspect, victim, or witness have been removed.

Who sponsors NY S 9475?

Jamaal Bailey is the primary sponsor of NY S 9475, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires the department of criminal justice services to develop, issue, and publish "race-blind charging" guidelines for a process whereby all prosecution agencies that prosecute criminal violations of the law as felonies or misdemeanors, shall implement a process by which an initial review of a case for potential charging is performed based on information, including police reports and criminal histories from the department of justice, from which direct means of identifying the race of the suspect, victim, or witness have been removed.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-20 — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jamaal Baileyprimary
  • Toby Ann Staviskycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-16

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-20

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    2026-04-21 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: no
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: no

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Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9475?summary=&detail=

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