S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6492
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 14, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to making tech-
nical corrections to the clean slate law to correct issues relating to
multicategory conviction dockets and the conviction-specific super-
vision prohibitor
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 160.57 of the
criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 631 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Criminal convictions shall be sealed upon satisfaction of the
following conditions:
(i) for a misdemeanor conviction, at least three years have passed
from the defendant's release from incarceration or the imposition of
sentence if there was no sentence of incarceration. If the defendant is
subsequently convicted of a crime before a prior conviction is sealed
pursuant to this section, the calculation of time for such prior
conviction shall start upon the same date as the time calculation starts
for the subsequent criminal conviction;
(ii) for a felony conviction, at least eight years have passed from
the date the defendant was last released from incarceration for the
sentence of the conviction eligible for sealing or from the imposition
of sentence if there was no sentence of incarceration. A defendant's
detention for an alleged violation of parole or post-release supervision
shall not interfere with the time calculation prescribed herein unless
and until supervision is revoked resulting in the defendant's reincar-
ceration. If the defendant is subsequently convicted of a crime before a
prior conviction is sealed pursuant to this section, the calculation of
time for such prior conviction shall start upon the same date as the
time calculation starts for the subsequent criminal conviction;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(iii) FOR ANY CONVICTIONS OF INFRACTIONS OR NONCRIMINAL VIOLATIONS
FROM A DOCKET OR ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT FROM WHICH OTHER CRIMINAL
CONVICTIONS ALSO ORIGINATED, ALL SUCH OTHER CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS STEM-
MING FROM SUCH SAME DOCKET OR ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT HAVE OTHERWISE
BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR SEALING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
(IV) WHERE ALL OTHER CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS STEMMING FROM THE SAME DOCK-
ET OR ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT ARE ALSO OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR SEALING
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
(V) the defendant does not have a subsequent criminal charge pending
in this state;
[(iv)] (VI) the defendant is not currently under the supervision of
any probation or parole department [for the conviction eligible for
sealing];
[(v)] (VII) the conviction is not for an offense defined as a sex
offense or sexually violent offense under section one hundred sixty-
eight-a of the correction law;
[(vi)] (VIII) the conviction is not for a class A felony offense
defined in the penal law, other than class A felony offenses defined in
article two hundred twenty of the penal law;
[(vii)] (IX) the defendant is a natural person;
[(viii)] (X) the defendant does not have a subsequent felony charge
pending in another jurisdiction that is not a felony charge related to
reproductive or gender affirming care or the possession of cannabis
which would not constitute a felony in New York. This subparagraph shall
apply if and when appropriate federal authorities grant access to
records necessary to query to effectuate the purposes of this subpara-
graph in an automated manner; and
[(ix)] (XI) the defendant does not have a subsequent felony conviction
in another jurisdiction in the preceding eight years that is not a felo-
ny conviction related to reproductive or gender affirming care or the
possession of cannabis which would not constitute a felony in New York.
This subparagraph shall apply if and when appropriate federal authori-
ties grant access to records necessary to query to effectuate the
purposes of this subparagraph in an automated manner.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.