New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A11027

Introduced
4/23/26  

Caption

Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours.

Impact

A key component of the bill is the establishment of a 'Detained Persons Registry'. Cities with populations exceeding one million are required to create a searchable online database that includes the names, ages, and custody locations of individuals. This registry is intended to enhance oversight and transparency concerning individuals in police custody, providing authorized users (chiefly defender organizations) with access to this information to assist in client representation. The requirement for cities to maintain such a registry significantly alters how detention information is managed and accessed.

Summary

Bill A11027 aims to amend New York State laws pertinent to the detention of individuals by law enforcement authorities, specifically addressing the duration that a person can be held without arraignment. The bill stipulates that any individual taken into custody must be arraigned within twenty-four hours, effectively preventing unnecessary prolonged detention. Additionally, it mandates that if this requirement is not met, the individual must be immediately released from custody.

Contention

The bill engenders mixed reactions among lawmakers. Proponents argue that this legislation is crucial for upholding the rights of individuals in the criminal justice system, ensuring that no one is subjected to delayed legal proceedings without just cause. Conversely, critics express concerns regarding the administrative burden that such a registry might impose on large cities, alongside potential unintended consequences related to law enforcement practices and public safety. They argue that the successful implementation of this bill could depend on adequate resources and training for the police to comply with the new requirements.

Companion Bills

NY S00660

Same As Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours.

Previously Filed As

NY S00660

Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours.

NY S01985

Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms for not less than one hundred twenty hours when responding to reports of family violence.

NY A08578

Increases the capacity needed to be considered a bottle club from twenty persons to one hundred persons.

NY A02340

Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one.

NY S04552

Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one.

NY A10169

Requires broadband service providers to adhere to repair timelines for service interruptions including commencing corrective actions within twenty-four hours of notice and updating affected customers at least once every twenty-four hours during such interruptions.

NY S10005

Relates to establishing June twentieth as Edie Windsor Day.

NY S04763

Relates to the issuance of arrest warrants upon a youth who is still in high school; provides for the police officer to make a reasonable effort to notify the parent or other person legally responsible for the care of such youth or with whom the youth is domiciled that the youth has been arrested; provides that the police officer need not notify the parent or other person legally responsible when such youth is not also a juvenile offender and the notification would endanger the health and safety of such youth; amends provisions relating to sexually exploited children to include persons under the age of nineteen.

NY A03664

Relates to the issuance of arrest warrants upon a youth who is still in high school; provides for the police officer to make a reasonable effort to notify the parent or other person legally responsible for the care of such youth or with whom the youth is domiciled that the youth has been arrested; provides that the police officer need not notify the parent or other person legally responsible when such youth is not also a juvenile offender and the notification would endanger the health and safety of such youth; amends provisions relating to sexually exploited children to include persons under the age of nineteen.

NY A11228

Establishes parity in reimbursement rates for the first twenty-four hours of supportive stabilization services provided that are substantially equivalent to crisis stabilization center services.

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