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A 5196: Increases the allowances provided to trial and grand jurors to $60 per day for the first ten days and $100 per day every day thereafter of physical attendance.
What A 5196 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to increase the allowances provided to trial and grand jurors in New York. Trial and grand jurors will receive an allowance equal to sixty dollars per day for the first ten days and one hundred dollars for each and every day thereafter of physical attendance. However, jurors who are employed may not receive this allowance if their employer is prohibited from withholding wages during the applicable period. Instead, the juror will receive an allowance equal to the difference between forty dollars and their daily wages. The fees and expenses for food and lodging for jurors will be a state charge payable out of funds allocated to the office of court administration. The bill will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to judiciary (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5196
- What is the current status of A 5196?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5196 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to judiciary".
- Did A 5196 pass?
- Not yet. A 5196 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5196, and where is it now?
- A 5196 was authored by Asm. Michael Novakhov. Its committee of record is Assembly Judiciary.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to judiciary |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | referred to judiciary |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 12, 2025 · 360 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5196 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOVAKHOV -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to increasing the allow- ances provided to trial and grand jurors The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 521 of the judiciary law, as 2 amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, trial and 5 grand jurors in each court of the unified court system shall be entitled 6 to an allowance equal to the sum of [forty] sixty dollars per day for 7 the first ten days and one hundred dollars for each and every day there- 8 after of physical attendance wherein the court convenes, except that no 9 person who is employed shall be entitled to receive such allowance if, 10 pursuant to section five hundred nineteen of this article, [his or her] 11 such juror's employer is prohibited from withholding [the first forty12dollars] such applicable amount of wages of such person during such 13 applicable period and such person's daily wages equal or exceed [forty14dollars] such applicable amounts. If such person's daily wages are less 15 than [forty dollars] the applicable amount, [he or she] such juror shall 16 be entitled to receive an allowance hereunder equal to the difference 17 between [forty dollars] such amount and the amount of [his or her] such 18 juror's daily wages. Such fees and those expenses actually and necessar- 19 ily incurred in providing food and lodging for jurors shall be a state 20 charge payable out of funds appropriated to the office of court adminis- 21 tration for that purpose. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08968-01-5
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