Bill Text: NY A00978 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 978 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires that judges in criminal trials are admitted to practice law within the state.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A00978 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00978-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           978
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. ABINANTI, GLICK, JAFFEE, D'URSO, GALEF, WALKER,
          JOYNER, GOTTFRIED, RIVERA, McDONOUGH, DICKENS -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A.  COOK, DINOWITZ, HYNDMAN, SIMON -- read once and referred  to
          the Committee on Judiciary
        AN  ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring that judges
          in criminal trials are admitted to practice law within the state
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 9 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 9. Qualifications and restrictions of judges. No person, other  than
     4  one   who holds such office at the effective date of this section, shall
     5  preside over a criminal trial unless he or  she  has  been  admitted  to
     6  practice law in this state.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05194-01-9