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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1471: Authorizes certain electronic court appearances

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 1471 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizes certain electronic court appearances. Primary sponsor: Dan Stec (Republican/Conservative/Independence). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Authorizes electronic court appearances for criminal matters, excluding jury trials, in all counties in the state; authorizes electronic appearances for criminal matters where the court determines a personal appearance would be impractical, unsafe or excessively burdensome; authorizes sentencing to a period of incarceration to be conducted via electronic appearance for defendants who are already incarcerated.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 4 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dan StecPrimary sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate45
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Rob OrttCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate62
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Jim TediscoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate44

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source