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A 5844: Prevents the overdetention of persons due to an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction.
What A 5844 does, verified January 9, 2026
The proposed law aims to prevent the over-detention of individuals due to outstanding warrants from other jurisdictions. It states that a person cannot be held in a state or local correctional facility for more than 3 days after they would have been released if not for the warrant. The facility must be informed that the warrant is to be acted on by the other jurisdiction for this rule to apply. The law will take effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to correction (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5844
- What is the current status of A 5844?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 5844 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 correction".
- Did A 5844 pass?
- Not yet. A 5844 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5844, and where is it now?
- A 5844 was authored by Asm. Chantel Jackson. Its committee of record is Assembly Correction.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Feb. 24, 2025 | referred to correction |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 24, 2025 · 200 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5844 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to preventing the over- detention of persons due to an outstanding warrant The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 12 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 12. Detention on warrant from another jurisdiction. No person shall 4 be held in a state or local correctional facility within the state for 5 more than 3 days after when such person would have been released from 6 such facility if not for an outstanding warrant from another jurisdic- 7 tion unless such state or local correctional facility was informed that 8 the warrant is to be acted on by such other jurisdiction. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03391-01-5
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