New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 7, 2026.
Enacts the "pretrial risk overview for threat evaluation, custody, and treatment (PROTECT) Act"; repealer.
Enacts the "pretrial risk overview for threat evaluation, custody, and treatment (PROTECT) Act" to evaluate certain defendants; establishes a risk assessment instrument to aid judges in determining whether to release or detain a principal, where and when a release is appropriate and necessary conditions that should be imposed as part of such release; repeals provisions of law relating to qualifying offenses and allows a court to set bail or remand a principal where based on the risk assessment instrument, where the principal poses a safety risk or risk of flight; makes related provisions.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-16 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-01-07 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-01-07 | Latest Action | In Senate Committee |