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Home/Bills/A 539New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 539: Provides that a pre-sentence investigation and written report thereon shall not be required where a negotiated sentence of imprisonment for a term of three hundred sixty-five days or less has been mutually agreed upon by the parties with consent of the judge, as a result of a conviction or revocation of a sentence of probation; removes the requirement of solely in a city with a population of one million or more.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 10, 2026

What A 539 does, verified January 10, 2026

The bill proposes to amend the criminal procedure law to simplify the process of negotiated sentences for certain cases. It allows for a negotiated sentence of imprisonment for a term of three hundred sixty-five days or less without requiring a pre-sentence investigation and written report, provided the parties agree on the sentence with the judge's consent. The bill takes effect immediately.

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Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 223 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 539 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to negotiated sentence of imprisonment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 390.20 of the criminal procedure 2 law, as added by chapter 556 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 5. Negotiated sentence of imprisonment. [In any city having a popu- 5 lation of one million or more and notwithstanding] Notwithstanding the 6 provisions of subdivision one or two of this section, a pre-sentence 7 investigation and written report thereon shall not be required where a 8 negotiated sentence of imprisonment for a term of three hundred sixty- 9 five days or less has been mutually agreed upon by the parties with 10 consent of the judge, as a result of a conviction or revocation of a 11 sentence of probation. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02031-01-5 
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