Assembly Bill A3964

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Protects the right of privacy of victims of sex offenses or offenses involving the transmission of HIV who are under the age of 18

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  • 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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2009-A3964 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50-b, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2788
2013-2014: A2000
2015-2016: A2265
2017-2018: A2603
2019-2020: A1074
2021-2022: A5352

2009-A3964 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Protects the right of privacy of victims of sex offenses or offenses involving the transmission of the HIV virus, who are under the age of 18; provides that the gender and address of victims under the age of eighteen be kept confidential.

2009-A3964 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3964

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. CROUCH, KOLB, ERRIGO, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  BACALLES, BARCLAY, DUPREY, HAWLEY, OAKS --  read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil rights law, in relation to protecting the
  right of privacy of victims of sex offenses or offenses involving  the
  transmission  of  the  human  immunodeficiency virus, under the age of
  eighteen, by prohibiting the disclosure of certain characteristics

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 50-b of the civil rights law, as
amended by chapter 320 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  The identity of any victim of a sex offense, as defined in article
one hundred thirty or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law,
or of an offense involving the alleged transmission of the human immuno-
deficiency virus, shall be confidential.  ANY CHARACTERISTIC OF A PERSON
UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AGE  OR  GENDER
AND  SUCH  PERSON'S  ADDRESS  SHALL  BE CONFIDENTIAL. ADDITIONALLY, IF A
VICTIM IS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AND IS RELATED TO THE  ACCUSED,  THE
RELATION  SHALL  BE CONFIDENTIAL. No report, paper, picture, photograph,
court file or other documents, in  the  custody  or  possession  of  any
public officer or employee, which identifies such a victim shall be made
available  for  public  inspection.  No  such public officer or employee
shall disclose any portion of any police report, court  file,  or  other
document,  which  tends  to identify such a victim except as provided in
subdivision two of this section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07016-01-9

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