Assembly Bill A5929

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits employment discrimination against persons whose criminal charges have been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal

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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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2025-A5929 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7142
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§170.55 & 170.56, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7014
2013-2014: A4589
2015-2016: A1721
2017-2018: A4038
2019-2020: A6045
2021-2022: A7591
2023-2024: A7191

2025-A5929 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits employment discrimination against persons whose criminal charges have been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.

2025-A5929 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5929
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in  relation  to  preventing
   employment  discrimination against persons whose criminal charges have
   been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 8 of section 170.55 of the criminal procedure
 law, as added by chapter 134 of the laws of 1982 and  as  renumbered  by
 chapter 683 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   8.  The granting of an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal shall
 not be deemed to be a conviction or an admission  of  guilt.  No  person
 shall  suffer any disability or forfeiture as a result of such an order.
 UPON GRANTING THE ORDER OF ADJOURNMENT, THE ACTION SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED
 TERMINATED IN THE DEFENDANT'S FAVOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROVISIONS OF
 SUBDIVISION  SIXTEEN  OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW. Upon the dismissal of the accusatory instrument  pursuant  to  this
 section,  the  arrest  and prosecution shall be deemed a nullity and the
 defendant shall be restored, in contemplation of law, to the status [he]
 SUCH DEFENDANT occupied before [his] THEIR arrest and prosecution.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 170.56 of the criminal procedure law, as
 added by chapter 1042 of the  laws  of  1971,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  UPON  THE GRANTING OF AN ORDER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
 SECTION, THE ACTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED TERMINATED  IN  THE  DEFENDANT'S
 FAVOR  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. Upon  the  granting
 of  an  order  pursuant to subdivision three of this section, the arrest
 and prosecution shall be deemed a nullity and  the  defendant  shall  be
 restored,  in  contemplation  of  law, to the status [he] SUCH DEFENDANT
 occupied before [his] THEIR arrest and prosecution.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10071-01-5

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