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Senate Bill S8608

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the reporting of domestic incidents

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2017-S8608 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11346
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §646, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S1243, A4467

2017-S8608 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an individual who has been the victim of a family offense pursuant to the criminal procedure law or the family court act may make a complaint to any local law enforcement agency in the state regardless of where the act took place.

2017-S8608 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8608 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8608
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law, in relation to the reporting of
   domestic incidents
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 646 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 346
 of the laws of 2007, is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as
 follows:
   3.  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO  HAS  BEEN  THE  VICTIM OF A FAMILY OFFENSE AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11 OF THE  CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE
 LAW  OR  SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT MAY MAKE A
 COMPLAINT TO ANY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE STATE REGARDLESS OF
 WHERE THE ACT TOOK PLACE. SUCH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL TAKE A
 POLICE REPORT OF THE MATTER, AS WELL AS A DOMESTIC  INCIDENT  REPORT  AS
 DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF
 THIS CHAPTER AND PROVIDE THE COMPLAINANT WITH A COPY OF SUCH REPORT FREE
 OF CHARGE. A COPY OF THE POLICE  REPORT  AND  DOMESTIC  INCIDENT  REPORT
 SHALL  BE FORWARDED TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER
 THE LOCATION WHERE THE INCIDENT IS REPORTED TO OCCUR FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD15885-01-8

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