Bill Commons

NY A 4674

substituted

Enacts the "criminal court opinion transparency act"

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 4674 pass?

The current status of NY A 4674 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-06-02): SUBSTITUTED BY S3864A

What is NY A 4674 about?

Requires the chief administrator of the courts to submit a report to the legislature and the governor on: an evaluation of the feasibility and benefit of publishing suppression rulings rendered by trial-level criminal courts and/or collection of data regarding such rulings; whether the publication of additional decisions and/or collection of data would improve the practice of law; an evaluation of the means by which such publication and/or collection of data may be effectuated to improve transparency and the public understanding of these courts; an assessment of any further resources that would be necessary to support increased publication or data collection; and recommendations regarding legislation and administrative measures that could be taken.

Who sponsors NY A 4674?

Chris Burdick is the primary sponsor of NY A 4674.

Description

Requires the chief administrator of the courts to submit a report to the legislature and the governor on: an evaluation of the feasibility and benefit of publishing suppression rulings rendered by trial-level criminal courts and/or collection of data regarding such rulings; whether the publication of additional decisions and/or collection of data would improve the practice of law; an evaluation of the means by which such publication and/or collection of data may be effectuated to improve transparency and the public understanding of these courts; an assessment of any further resources that would be necessary to support increased publication or data collection; and recommendations regarding legislation and administrative measures that could be taken.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-02 — SUBSTITUTED BY S3864A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Chris Burdickprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-02

    SUBSTITUTED BY S3864A

  2. 2026-06-02

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.335

  3. 2026-06-02

    RULES REPORT CAL.335

  4. 2026-06-02

    REPORTED

  5. 2026-06-01

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-05-29

    REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-05-19

    PRINT NUMBER 4674A

    amendment-passage

  8. 2026-05-19

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  9. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-02-04

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • substituted-by: S 3864A
  • Prior session: A 10394not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 3864

Official source

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