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NY A 6684

in committee

Permits at the discretion of the court certain members of the victim's family to read statements in court during the sentencing of a defendant

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 6684 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6684 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY A 6684 about?

Permits at the discretion of the court certain members of the deceased victim's family to read statements in court during the sentencing of a defendant, rather than allowing only a single member of the victim's family to read a statement in court, upon consultation with counsel for the defendant and the people.

Who sponsors NY A 6684?

Michael Tannousis is the primary sponsor of NY A 6684.

Description

Permits at the discretion of the court certain members of the deceased victim's family to read statements in court during the sentencing of a defendant, rather than allowing only a single member of the victim's family to read a statement in court, upon consultation with counsel for the defendant and the people.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Michael Tannousisprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-13

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES

    failure

  3. 2025-03-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

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  • Prior session: S 537not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4774not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 7043not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5195not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 390

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6684?summary=&detail=

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