New York - Session 2025-2026
Title: Eliminates court surcharges and fees; repealer
Eliminates certain court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part B); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part C); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part D); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part E); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part F).
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-24 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-02 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-02 | Latest Action | In Senate Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A 1191 | Requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearms | in_committee |
| A 4384 | Relates to deadlines for filing nominating petitions for small city school board elections | in_committee |
| S 1048 | Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history | in_committee |
| S 1055 | Prohibits the division of criminal justice services from disclosing pending adjournment in contemplation of dismissals on civil records of arrests and prosecutions | in_committee |
| S 1856 | Relates to prohibiting county correction officers from dispensing medications to incarcerated individuals on the premises of a local correctional facility | in_committee |
| S 2666 | Relates to the provision of breast pumps to certain incarcerated birth parents and allowing children to remain with their incarcerated birth parent for a period of time | in_committee |
| S 3519 | Redefines the term "following" for a crime of stalking in the fourth degree | in_committee |
| S 3746 | Requires at least one member of the state board of parole be a formerly incarcerated person | in_committee |