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NY S 1471

in committee

Authorizes certain electronic court appearances

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1471 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1471 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 1471 about?

Authorizes electronic court appearances for criminal matters, excluding jury trials, in all counties in the state; authorizes electronic appearances for criminal matters where the court determines a personal appearance would be impractical, unsafe or excessively burdensome; authorizes sentencing to a period of incarceration to be conducted via electronic appearance for defendants who are already incarcerated.

Who sponsors NY S 1471?

Dan Stec is the primary sponsor of NY S 1471, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Authorizes electronic court appearances for criminal matters, excluding jury trials, in all counties in the state; authorizes electronic appearances for criminal matters where the court determines a personal appearance would be impractical, unsafe or excessively burdensome; authorizes sentencing to a period of incarceration to be conducted via electronic appearance for defendants who are already incarcerated.

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

  • Dan Stecprimary
  • George Borrellocosponsor
  • Mario Matteracosponsor
  • Peter Oberackercosponsor
  • Robert Orttcosponsor
  • Anthony H. Palumbocosponsor
  • James Tediscocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6734not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2033not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 3219

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1471?summary=&detail=

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