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Bill May 29, 2026

Eliminates court surcharges and fees; repealer

Eliminates certain court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part B); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part C); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part D); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part E); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part F).

https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A8672/
Karines Reyes Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright Assemblymember Cosponsor Jo Anne Simon Assemblymember Cosponsor Phil Steck Assemblymember Cosponsor Linda Rosenthal Assemblymember Cosponsor Phara Souffrant Forrest Assemblymember Cosponsor Chantel Jackson Assemblymember Cosponsor Chris Burdick Assemblymember Cosponsor Emily Gallagher Assemblymember Cosponsor Marcela Mitaynes Assemblymember Cosponsor Charles Lavine Assemblymember Cosponsor Anna Kelles Assemblymember Cosponsor Amanda Septimo Assemblymember Cosponsor Jon Rivera Assemblymember Cosponsor Demond Meeks Assemblymember Cosponsor Latrice Walker Assemblymember Cosponsor Eddie Gibbs Assemblymember Cosponsor Vivian Cook Assemblymember Cosponsor Steven Raga Assemblymember Cosponsor Catalina Cruz Assemblymember Cosponsor Jessica González-Rojas Assemblymember Cosponsor Andrew Hevesi Assemblymember Cosponsor Robert Carroll Assemblymember Cosponsor Tony Simone Assemblymember Cosponsor Yudelka Tapia Assemblymember Cosponsor Sarahana Shrestha Assemblymember Cosponsor George Alvarez Assemblymember Cosponsor Khaleel Anderson Assemblymember Cosponsor Deborah Glick Assemblymember Cosponsor Michaelle Solages Assemblymember Cosponsor Dana Levenberg Assemblymember Cosponsor Maritza Davila Assemblymember Cosponsor MaryJane Shimsky Assemblymember Cosponsor John Zaccaro Assemblymember Cosponsor Stefani Zinerman Assemblymember Cosponsor Harry Bronson Assemblymember Cosponsor Al Taylor Assemblymember Cosponsor Alex Bores Assemblymember Cosponsor Monique Chandler-Waterman Assemblymember Cosponsor Alicia Hyndman Assemblymember Cosponsor Gabriella Romero Assemblymember Cosponsor Diana Moreno Assemblymember Cosponsor
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