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Senate Bill S1181

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Vacates certain records for misdemeanor marihuana convictions

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2021-S1181 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §160.50, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8666

2021-S1181 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Vacates certain records for misdemeanor marihuana convictions.

2021-S1181 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1181 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1181
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BENJAMIN, LIU -- 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 vacating
   certain records for misdemeanor marihuana convictions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (k) of subdivision 3 of
 section 160.50 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter  132
 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  The  conviction was for a violation of article two hundred twenty
 or section 240.36 of the penal law prior to the effective date of  arti-
 cle  two  hundred  twenty-one  of the penal law, and the sole controlled
 substance involved was marihuana and  the  conviction  was  only  for  a
 [violation or violations] MISDEMEANOR AND/OR VIOLATION; or
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the expungement of marihuana convictions under  section  160.50  of  the
 criminal  procedure  law,  added by the amendment in section one of this
 act, shall occur promptly and in any event no later than one year  after
 the effective date of this act.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05041-01-1

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