S3864 (2025-26 session)

NY State bill

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.

Title
Enacts the "criminal court opinion transparency act"
Type
New York State Senate bill
Session
2025-26 session
Status
Passed Assembly
Latest action date
2026-06-02
Introduced
2025-01-30
Active version
S3864A
Same as
A4674
Law section
Judiciary Law

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Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.

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