Bill Text: NY A09542 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal; provides an exception when the reason for the recusal will result in embarrassment or is of a personal nature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-12-23 - SIGNED CHAP.376 [A09542 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09542-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9542

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 24, 2020
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring  judges  who
          recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal

          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.  Recusal;  reason. Any judge who recuses himself or herself from
     4  sitting in or taking any part in  the  decision  of  an  action,  claim,
     5  matter,  motion  or proceeding shall provide the reason for such recusal
     6  in writing or on the record; provided, however, that no judge  shall  be
     7  required  to  provide  a written reason for such recusal when the reason
     8  will result in embarrassment, or is of  a  compelling  personal  nature,
     9  affecting  the  privacy  of  the  judge or a person related to the judge
    10  within the sixth degree by consanguinity or affinity.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14485-02-9