Election 2026

The November 3 election will reshape legislatures. Stay current on every seat, staff, and committee change with GovBuddy.

Stay Current
Home/Bills/A 1377New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Assembly BillIntroduced

A 1377: Makes chapter 689 of the laws of 1993, and thus article 182 of the criminal procedure law titled alternate method of court appearance, permanent.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 1377 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to make provisions related to electronic court appearance in certain counties permanent. It amends the criminal procedure law to reflect this change. The amendments take effect immediately, with certain provisions being deemed to have been in force since July 1, 1992. These provisions will expire on September 1, 2025, and be deemed repealed at that time.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to codes
Jan. 09, 2025referred to codes
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 9, 2025 · 226 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1377 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend chapter 689 of the laws of 1993 amending the criminal procedure law relating to electronic court appearance in certain coun- ties, in relation to making such provisions permanent The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 689 of the laws of 1993 amending the 2 criminal procedure law relating to electronic court appearance in 3 certain counties, as amended by section 18 of part A of chapter 55 of 4 the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, except that the 6 provisions of this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and 7 effect since July 1, 1992 [and the provisions of this act shall expire 8 September 1, 2025 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall 9 be deemed repealed]. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02073-01-5 
Text of A 1377 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
GovBuddy Demo

See how GovBuddy fits your team.

Share a few details and our team will follow up with a focused walkthrough.