Assembly Bill A8211

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent misdemeanor or non-sexual misdemeanor criminal offenses

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  • 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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2015-A8211 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4245
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §160.65, CP L; amd §296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5385
2017-2018: A3193, S653

2015-A8211 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the second chance for ex-offenders act; permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent misdemeanor or non-sexual misdemeanor criminal offenses; defines the term "eligible offense"; excludes certain misdemeanor offenses as eligible offenses for the purposes of conditional sealing

2015-A8211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8211

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RAIA, ARROYO, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and  the  executive  law,  in
  relation  to  permitting  the sealing of records of certain nonviolent
  misdemeanor or non-sexual misdemeanor offenses

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as the "second
chance for ex-offenders act".
  S 2. The criminal procedure law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
160.65 to read as follows:
S 160.65 CONDITIONAL SEALING OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.
  1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ELIGIBLE OFFENSE" SHALL
BE: (A) A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW, PROVIDED THAT AN
ELIGIBLE OFFENSE SHALL NOT MEAN A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE DEFINED IN ARTICLE
ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY  EXCEPT  ASSAULT  IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED BY
SECTION 120.00, UNLESS COMMITTED IN THE COURSE OF  A  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE
INCIDENT,  ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY, ONE HUNDRED THIR-
TY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE, TWO HUNDRED  FORTY-
FIVE, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE
OR ARTICLE FOUR HUNDRED OF THE PENAL LAW. AN ELIGIBLE OFFENSE SHALL ALSO
NOT  INCLUDE ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:  CRIMINAL SOLICITATION IN
THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  100.05;
CONSPIRACY  IN THE FIFTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 105.05, PUNISHMENT
AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION 110.05, CRIMINAL FACILITATION
IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED BY SECTION 115.00, CRIMINAL  OBSTRUCTION
OF  BREATHING OR BLOOD CIRCULATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 121.11, ISSUING
ABORTIONAL ARTICLES AS DEFINED IN SECTION 125.60, CRIMINAL  MISCHIEF  IN
THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 145.00, CRIMINAL TAMPERING IN
THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 145.15, TAMPERING WITH A CONSUM-
ER PRODUCT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  145.40,  WELFARE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09687-01-5
              

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