Senate Bill S249

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that certain applicants be eligible for conviction sealing

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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-S249 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §160.59, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6561
2023-2024: S3417

2021-S249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that certain applicants be eligible for conviction sealing.

2021-S249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    249
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- 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  eligibility
   for conviction sealing for certain applicants

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 160.59 of the criminal procedure law, as  added  by
 section  48  of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017 and paragraph
 (a) of subdivision 2 and subdivision 11 as amended by chapter 60 of  the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 § 160.59 Sealing of certain convictions.
   1.  Definitions:  As  used  in this section, the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   (a) "Eligible offense" shall mean A VIOLATION OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OR A
 VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 240.37 OF THE PENAL LAW  OR  any
 crime defined in the laws of this state other than a sex offense defined
 in  article  one  hundred thirty of the penal law, an offense defined in
 article two hundred sixty-three of  the  penal  law,  a  felony  offense
 defined  in  article one hundred twenty-five of the penal law, a violent
 felony offense defined in section 70.02 of the  penal  law,  a  class  A
 felony  offense  defined  in  the penal law, a felony offense defined in
 article one hundred five of the penal law where the  underlying  offense
 is  not an eligible offense, an attempt to commit an offense that is not
 an eligible offense if the attempt is a felony, or an offense for  which
 registration  as a sex offender is required pursuant to article six-C of
 the correction law.   For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  where  the
 [defendant]  APPLICANT  is  convicted of more than one eligible offense,
 [committed as part of the same criminal transaction as defined in subdi-
 vision two of section 40.10 of this chapter,  those  offenses  shall  be

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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