Bill Text: NY S07116 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 compelling personal nature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07116 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S07116-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7116 IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee 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