---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the detention of individuals who are eighteen years of age or older in a county jail pending a first court appearance in an off-hours arraignment part"
description: "Permits the detention of individuals who are eighteen years of age or older 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 9061"
citation: "New York A 9061 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a81c52d-39c5-4786-934a-2a4441ae0128"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A9061"
source_hash: "ecd914f561281c0ae199ed94c298d66023d3538ed8dc91da045769c0e07c8323"
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 9061 (2019-2020) — Relates to the detention of individuals who are eighteen years of age or older in a county jail pending a first court appearance in an off-hours arraignment part

Permits the detention of individuals who are eighteen years of age or older 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. **A9061** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9061&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WEPRIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** REPORTED
- **2020-01-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.381
- **2020-02-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7163
- **2020-02-05** 3RD READING CAL.87
- **2020-02-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.36 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a81c52d-39c5-4786-934a-2a4441ae0128`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).