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Senate Bill S8628

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to notification of victims of crime, including sexual offenses, about the address confidentiality program

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2025-S8628 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9102
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §641, Exec L; amd §2805-i, Pub Health L

2025-S8628 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires notification of victims of crime, including sexual offenses, about the address confidentiality program.

2025-S8628 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8628 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8628
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation
   to providing notification to  victims  of  crime  and  sexual  offense
   victims about the address confidentiality program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 641 of the executive law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  ENSURE  THAT  CRIME  VICTIMS  RECEIVE  NOTIFICATION OF INFORMATION
 RELATED TO THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  Subparagraphs  7  and  8  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of
 section 2805-i of the public health law, as added by chapter 407 of  the
 laws  of  2018, are amended and a new subparagraph 9 is added to read as
 follows:
   (7) be notified by the prosecutorial agency with jurisdiction of judi-
 cial proceedings relating to their case in accordance with article twen-
 ty-three of the executive law; [and]
   (8) decide whether or not the victim wishes to report the  offense  to
 law enforcement[.]; AND
   (9) RECEIVE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13753-03-5

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