Assembly Bill A9159A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the former crime of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense and expunges criminal records for persons previously convicted of such crime

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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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2021-A9159 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8776
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§160.50 & 170.80, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2500, S1784

2021-A9159 - Summary

Relates to the former crime of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense; expunges criminal records for persons previously convicted of such crime; directs the chief administrator of the courts to provide information regarding such expungement; adds language to identify that the crime of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense is no longer in law.

2021-A9159 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9159
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the former
   crime of loitering for the  purpose  of  engaging  in  a  prostitution
   offense   and   expunging  criminal  records  for  persons  previously
   convicted of such crime

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 160.50 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. (A) A CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH  (IV)  OF
 PARAGRAPH  (K)  OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL, ON AND AFTER
 THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH   THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, BE VACATED AND DISMISSED, AND ALL RECORDS
 OF SUCH CONVICTION OR CONVICTIONS AND  RELATED  TO  SUCH  CONVICTION  OR
 CONVICTIONS SHALL BE EXPUNGED, AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION FORTY-FIVE OF
 SECTION  1.20 OF THIS CHAPTER, AND THE MATTER SHALL BE CONSIDERED TERMI-
 NATED IN FAVOR OF THE ACCUSED AND DEEMED A NULLITY, HAVING BEEN RENDERED
 BY THIS PARAGRAPH LEGALLY INVALID.  ALL  SUCH  RECORDS  FOR  AN  OFFENSE
 DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH  WHERE  THE  CONVICTION WAS ENTERED ON OR
 BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE  LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO  THAT  ADDED THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE EXPUNGED PROMPTLY AND,
 IN ANY EVENT, NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE.
   (B) COMMENCING UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (I) THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS SHALL  PROMPTLY  NOTIFY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE HEADS
 OF ALL APPROPRIATE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S  OFFICES  AND
 OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF ALL CONVICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VACATED
 AND DISMISSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND THAT ALL
 RECORDS  RELATED  TO  SUCH  CONVICTIONS SHALL BE EXPUNGED AND THE MATTER
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TERMINATED IN FAVOR OF  THE  ACCUSED  AND  DEEMED  A
 NULLITY,  HAVING BEEN RENDERED LEGALLY  INVALID. UPON RECEIPT OF NOTIFI-
 CATION OF SUCH VACATUR, DISMISSAL AND EXPUNGEMENT, ALL  RECORDS RELATING
 TO SUCH CONVICTION OR CONVICTIONS, OR THE CRIMINAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-A9159A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8776
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§160.50 & 170.80, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2500, S1784

2021-A9159A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the former crime of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense; expunges criminal records for persons previously convicted of such crime; directs the chief administrator of the courts to provide information regarding such expungement; adds language to identify that the crime of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense is no longer in law.

2021-A9159A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9159--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Codes  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  the  former
   crime  of  loitering  for  the  purpose  of engaging in a prostitution
   offense  and  expunging  criminal  records  for   persons   previously
   convicted of such crime
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 160.50 of the criminal procedure law is amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  (A) A CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE DESCRIBED IN FORMER SECTION 240.37
 OF THE PENAL LAW AS SUCH SECTION WAS IN EFFECT ON  FEBRUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  SHALL,  ON  AND  AFTER  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  BE
 VACATED AND DISMISSED, AND ALL RECORDS OF SUCH CONVICTION OR CONVICTIONS
 AND  RELATED  TO  SUCH  CONVICTION  OR CONVICTIONS SHALL BE EXPUNGED, AS
 DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION FORTY-FIVE OF SECTION 1.20 OF THIS CHAPTER, AND
 THE MATTER SHALL BE CONSIDERED TERMINATED IN FAVOR OF  THE  ACCUSED  AND
 DEEMED  A NULLITY, HAVING BEEN RENDERED BY THIS PARAGRAPH LEGALLY INVAL-
 ID. ALL SUCH RECORDS FOR AN OFFENSE DESCRIBED IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH  WHERE
 THE  CONVICTION WAS ENTERED ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAP-
 TER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THAT ADDED  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL  BE  EXPUNGED  PROMPTLY  AND, IN ANY EVENT, NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR
 AFTER SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE.
   (B) COMMENCING UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (I) THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS SHALL  PROMPTLY  NOTIFY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE HEADS
 OF ALL APPROPRIATE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S  OFFICES  AND
 OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF ALL CONVICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VACATED
 AND DISMISSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND THAT ALL
 RECORDS  RELATED  TO  SUCH  CONVICTIONS SHALL BE EXPUNGED AND THE MATTER
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TERMINATED IN FAVOR OF  THE  ACCUSED  AND  DEEMED  A
 NULLITY,  HAVING BEEN RENDERED LEGALLY  INVALID. UPON RECEIPT OF NOTIFI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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