| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 04, 2025 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S6004
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2025-S6004 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §60.35, Pen L
2025-S6004 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6004
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing certain
persons shall not be required to pay a DNA databank fee for the
conviction of a subsequent designated offense
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this legislation is to clarify that a person who has
already submitted a DNA sample is not required to pay the DNA databank
fee for the conviction of a subsequent designated offense.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
section 60.35 of the penal law, as amended by section 1 of part E of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2004.
Section 2: Sets forth the effective date.
2025-S6004 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6004
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 4, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing certain
persons shall not be required to pay a DNA databank fee for the
conviction of a subsequent designated offense
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
section 60.35 of the penal law, as amended by section 1 of part E of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
(v) a person convicted of a designated offense as defined by subdivi-
sion seven of section nine hundred ninety-five of the executive law
shall, in addition to a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance
fee, pay a DNA databank fee of fifty dollars, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT NO
PERSON WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED A DNA SAMPLE PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE
HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE-C OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A
DNA DATABANK FEE FOR THE CONVICTION OF A SUBSEQUENT DESIGNATED OFFENSE
UNLESS SUCH SAMPLE HAS BEEN EXPUNGED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDI-
VISION NINE OF SECTION NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE-C OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09863-01-5
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