Assembly Bill A1074

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Protects the right of privacy of victims of sex offenses or offenses involving the transmission of HIV who are under the age of 18

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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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2019-A1074 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50-b, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3964
2011-2012: A2788
2013-2014: A2000
2015-2016: A2265
2017-2018: A2603
2021-2022: A5352

2019-A1074 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Protects the right of privacy of victims of sex offenses or offenses involving the transmission of the HIV virus, who are under the age of 18; provides that the gender and address of victims under the age of eighteen be kept confidential.

2019-A1074 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1074
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CROUCH, BARCLAY, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, KOLB -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law,  in  relation  to  protecting  the
   right  of privacy of victims of sex offenses or offenses involving the
   transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus,  under  the  age  of
   eighteen, by prohibiting the disclosure of certain characteristics
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 50-b of the civil rights  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  320  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. The identity of any victim of a sex offense, as defined in  article
 one hundred thirty or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law,
 or of an offense involving the alleged transmission of the human immuno-
 deficiency virus, shall be confidential.  ANY CHARACTERISTIC OF A PERSON
 UNDER  THE  AGE OF EIGHTEEN INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AGE OR GENDER
 AND SUCH PERSON'S ADDRESS SHALL  BE  CONFIDENTIAL.  ADDITIONALLY,  IF  A
 VICTIM  IS  UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AND IS RELATED TO THE ACCUSED, THE
 RELATION SHALL BE CONFIDENTIAL. No report, paper,  picture,  photograph,
 court  file  or  other  documents,  in  the custody or possession of any
 public officer or employee, which identifies such a victim shall be made
 available for public inspection. No  such  public  officer  or  employee
 shall  disclose  any  portion of any police report, court file, or other
 document, which tends to identify such a victim except  as  provided  in
 subdivision two of this section.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD02756-01-9

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