Requires that following the acquittal after trial or the sentencing of any defendant for a felony, the district attorney, or their designee, shall provide by mail, electronically, or by any other reasonable and secure means of written communication a written summary of the disposition of such felony to any victim who was not present at the time that the defendant was sentenced or acquitted after trial.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9493
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 7, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the method of
notifying certain crime victims of the disposition of criminal trial
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 380.50 of the
criminal procedure law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amend-
ing the criminal procedure law relating to notifying certain crime
victims of the disposition of criminal trial, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S. 7546 and A. 6332-A, is amended to read as follows:
(g) Following the acquittal after trial or the sentencing of any
defendant for a felony, the district attorney, or their designee, shall
[mail] PROVIDE a written summary of the disposition of such felony to
any victim who was not present at the time such defendant was sentenced
or acquitted after trial. SUCH WRITTEN SUMMARY SHALL BE PROVIDED BY
MAIL, ELECTRONICALLY, OR BY ANY OTHER REASONABLE AND SECURE MEANS OF
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the criminal procedure
law relating to notifying certain crime victims of the disposition of
criminal trial, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7546 and A.
6332-A, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09461-04-6
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