Assembly Bill A961

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enables prosecutors to access orders of protection issued in association with sealed prior domestic violence cases

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A961 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3071
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§160.50 & 160.55, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9540, S7127
2021-2022: A3422, S404

2023-A961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables prosecutors to access orders of protection issued in association with sealed prior domestic violence cases if the offender commits a new domestic violence offense.

2023-A961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    961
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  L. ROSENTHAL, ROZIC, KELLES -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to sealed  prior
   domestic violence cases
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of  section  160.50  of  the
 criminal  procedure  law, as amended by chapter 449 of the laws of 2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (d) such records shall be made available to the person accused  or  to
 such  person's  designated  agent,  and shall be made available to (i) a
 prosecutor in any proceeding in which the accused has moved for an order
 pursuant to section 170.56 or 210.46 of this  chapter,  or  (ii)  a  law
 enforcement  agency OR A PROSECUTOR upon ex parte motion in any superior
 court, or in any district court, city court or the criminal court of the
 city of New York provided that such court sealed  the  record,  if  such
 agency  OR PROSECUTOR demonstrates to the satisfaction of the court that
 justice requires that such records be made available to it, or (iii) any
 state or local officer or agency with responsibility for the issuance of
 licenses to possess guns, when the accused has made application for such
 a license, or (iv) the New York  state  department  of  corrections  and
 community  supervision  when  the  accused is on parole supervision as a
 result of conditional release or a parole release  granted  by  the  New
 York  state  board of parole, and the arrest which is the subject of the
 inquiry is one which occurred while the accused was  under  such  super-
 vision,  or  (v)  any  prospective employer of a police officer or peace
 officer as those terms are  defined  in  subdivisions  thirty-three  and
 thirty-four  of section 1.20 of this chapter, in relation to an applica-
 tion for employment as a police  officer  or  peace  officer;  provided,
 however,  that  every  person  who  is  an applicant for the position of
 police officer or peace officer shall be furnished with a  copy  of  all
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01237-01-3
              

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