Bill Text: NY S01955 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to requiring the governor to publicize the criteria used when granting a commutation, pardon or reprieve; requires disclosure of information related to such commutations, pardons or reprieves within 30 days instead of annually.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-01 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S01955 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01955-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1955

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 16, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. AKSHAR, BOYLE, HELMING, JORDAN, O'MARA, ORTT, TEDIS-
          CO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed
          to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to section 4 of article 4 of the constitution, in
          relation to requiring the governor to publicize the criteria used when
          granting a commutation, pardon or reprieve

     1    Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 4 of arti-
     2  cle 4 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    § 4. The governor shall have the  power  to  grant  reprieves,  commu-
     4  tations  and  pardons  after conviction, for all offenses except treason
     5  and  cases  of  impeachment,  upon  such  conditions   and   with   such
     6  restrictions  and limitations, as he or she may think proper, subject to
     7  such regulations as may be provided by law relative  to  the  manner  of
     8  applying  for  pardons.  Upon conviction for treason, the governor shall
     9  have power to suspend the execution of  the  sentence,  until  the  case
    10  shall  be  reported  to  the  legislature  at its next meeting, when the
    11  legislature shall either pardon, or commute  the  sentence,  direct  the
    12  execution  of  the  sentence,  or grant a further reprieve. The governor
    13  shall [annually] within thirty days communicate to the legislature  each
    14  case of reprieve, commutation or pardon granted, stating the name of the
    15  convict,  the crime of which the convict was convicted, the sentence and
    16  its date, the standards or criteria used in granting  such  commutation,
    17  pardon or reprieve, and the date of the commutation, pardon or reprieve.
    18    §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
    19  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    20  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    21  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    22  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89052-01-1
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