Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 10, 2021 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
May 20, 2021 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S6908
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-S6908 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8059
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §631, Exec L
2021-S6908 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to eligibility requirements for victims of sex offenses to receive awards from the office of victim services; removes time limitations on when reports of a sex offense must be made; removes requirement that a victim of a sex offense participate in the criminal justice system; establishes that a written or verbal statement made to certain persons shall be deemed to be a report to a criminal justice agency.
2021-S6908 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6908 SPONSOR: SALAZAR TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to eligibility require- ments for victims of sex offenses to receive awards from the office of victim services PURPOSE: To remove barriers for victims of sex offenses to receive awards from the office of victim services. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Subdivision 1 of section 631 of the executive law, as sepa- rately amended by chapters 189 and 295 of the law of 2018, is amended to read as follows: No award shall be made unless the office finds that (a) a crime was 5 committed, (b) such crime directly resulted in personal physical injury 6 to or the exacerbation of a preexisting disability, or condition, or death of, the victim, and (c) criminal justice agency
2021-S6908 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6908 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 20, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- 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 eligibility require- ments for victims of sex offenses to receive awards from the office of victim services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 631 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 189 and 295 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 1. No award shall be made unless the office finds that (a) a crime was committed, (b) such crime directly resulted in personal physical injury to or the exacerbation of a preexisting disability, or condition, or death of, the victim, and (c) criminal justice agency records show that such crime was promptly reported to the proper authorities; and in no case may an award be made where the criminal justice agency records show that such report was made more than one week after the occurrence of such crime unless the office, for good cause shown, finds the delay to have been justified. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision, in cases involving [an alleged sex offense as contained in article one hundred thirty of the penal law or] incest as defined in section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law or labor trafficking as defined in section 135.35 of the penal law or sex trafficking as defined in sections 230.34 and 230.34-a of the penal law or an offense chargeable as a family offense as described in section eight hundred twelve of the family court act or section 530.11 of the criminal proce- dure law, the criminal justice agency report need only be made within a reasonable time considering all the circumstances, including the victim's physical, emotional and mental condition and family situation. For the purposes of this subdivision, "criminal justice agency" shall EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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