---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the detention of individuals in a county jail pending a first court appearance in an off-hours arraignment part"
description: "Permits the detention of individuals in a county jail pending a first court appearance in an off-hours arraignment part."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7647"
citation: "New York A 7647 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-14"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6131afa4-192e-4509-89d7-598b5258ccb0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7647"
source_hash: "043aee9c11d484f6772a7a04f6e93fa91d0fca7a8bc8a8d59c4bbd5bb47bd07a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 7647 (2019-2020) — Relates to the detention of individuals in a county jail pending a first court appearance in an off-hours arraignment part

Permits the detention of individuals in a county jail pending a first court appearance in an off-hours arraignment part.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7647** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7647&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WEPRIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.563
- **2019-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5593
- **2019-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1257
- **2019-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.665 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-16** APPROVAL MEMO.52

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6131afa4-192e-4509-89d7-598b5258ccb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).