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NY S 578

in committee

Relates to offenses for which a court may fix bail or commit a principal to custody of the sheriff

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did NY S 578 pass?

Not yet. NY S 578 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 578 about?

Authorizes a court to set bail or commit a principal to custody where the principal has been designated a sex offender.

Who sponsors NY S 578?

Pamela Helming is the primary sponsor of NY S 578.

Description

Authorizes a court to set bail or commit a principal to custody where the principal has been designated a sex offender.

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

  • Pamela Helmingprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8233not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2615not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2523not in this corpus

Official source

Attribution

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