S 481 — Provides for statewide video arraignments
NY 2025 session · introduced 2024-12-31
Provides that the court may, in its discretion, dispense with the defendant's personal appearance at an arraignment and conduct an electronic arraignment.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors (2)
- Peter Oberacker (—, NY-51) — sponsor · 2024-12-31
- Patrick M. Gallivan (—, NY-60) — cosponsor · 2024-12-31
Action timeline (2)
- · senate — REFERRED TO CODES
- · senate — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
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Connected on the graph
3 typed relationships in the influence graph — 3 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | ← | Patrick M. Gallivan | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
lobbies on bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS, INC. NEW YORK | — | ny_lobbying |
sponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | ← | Peter Oberacker | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Oberacker (—, state_upper NY-51) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Patrick M. Gallivan (—, state_upper NY-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Timeline
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- 2026-05-21 · lobbied on by THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS, INC. NEW YORK · ny_lobbying
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Patrick M. Gallivan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Peter Oberacker (sponsor) · sponsorship