| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to codes |
| Feb 23, 2009 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S2507
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2009-S2507 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Criminal Procedure Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง380.50, CP L
2009-S2507 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2507
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the
victim's statement at the sentencing of a criminal defendant
PURPOSE :
To ensure that the parents or other family members of a crime victim
who is under the age of eighteen are able to address the court at the
time of a defendant's sentencing.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 of the bill amends the Criminal Procedure law to ensure that
the parents or other family members of a crime victim who is under the
age of eighteen are able to address the court at the time of the
defendant's sentencing.
Section 2 of the bill establishes the effective date of the act.
JUSTIFICATION :
Currently, the Criminal Procedure Law does not specifically permit the
parents or other family members of a minor crime victim to address the
2009-S2507 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2507
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 23, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the victim's
statement at the sentencing of a criminal defendant
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
380.50 of the criminal procedure law, as separately amended by chapters
173 and 198 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
(2) if such victim is unable or unwilling to express himself or
herself before the court or a person so mentally or physically disabled
as to make it impracticable to appear in court in person or the victim
is deceased OR IF SUCH VICTIM IS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, a member of
the family of such victim, or the legal guardian or representative of
the legal guardian of the victim where such guardian or representative
has personal knowledge of and a relationship with the victim, unless the
court finds that it would be inappropriate for such person to make a
statement on behalf of the victim.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00542-01-9
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