Senate Bill S1239

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S1239 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Add §381.4, Fam Ct Act; amd §195.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7143
2011-2012: S3275
2013-2014: S3324
2015-2016: S2045
2017-2018: S3347
2019-2020: S2194
2021-2022: S3359

2023-S1239 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records; makes such official misconduct a class A misdemeanor.

2023-S1239 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1239 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1239
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act and the penal law, in  relation  to
   prohibiting public officials from unsealing juvenile police records

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The family court act is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 381.4 to read as follows:
   §  381.4.  PROHIBITION  OF  PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO UNSEAL POLICE RECORDS.
 UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, THE  RELEASE  BY
 AN APPOINTED OR ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS A CARETAK-
 ER  OF  JUVENILE  OFFENDER RECORDS OR OTHER COURT RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN
 SEALED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE IS PROHIBITED.
   § 2. Section 195.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 3 to read as follows:
   3. HE OR SHE IS AN APPOINTED OR ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL  OR  A  PUBLIC
 EMPLOYEE  WHO  IS  THE  CARETAKER  OF JUVENILE OFFENDER RECORDS OR OTHER
 COURT RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN SEALED PURSUANT TO LAW, AND HE OR SHE KNOW-
 INGLY RELEASES SUCH SEALED JUVENILE  OFFENDER  RECORDS  OR  OTHER  COURT
 RECORDS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION BY AN ORDER OF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURIS-
 DICTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04405-01-3



              

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