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Senate Bill S2104
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
(R, C, Ind, WF) Senate District
2009-S2104 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A2917
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Civil Rights Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง60, Civ Rts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S1746, A2726
2013-2014: S2248, A1528
2015-2016: S1060, A4706
2017-2018: S234, A4461
2019-2020: A4822
2009-S2104 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2104 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the civil rights law, in relation to prohibiting certain felons from changing their names PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To prevent the filing of a petition for change of name by anyone convicted of certain felonies and currently confined as an inmate in any correctional facility, on parole, or on probation. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1: Creates an exception to Section 60 of the civil rights law to prevent certain felons from filing a petition for a legal change of name. Prohibits any person who has been convicted (regardless of when such conviction was entered) of a violent felony as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law or a felony defined in article 125 of such law or any of the following provisions of such law: section 130.25, 130.30, 130.40, 130.45, 255.25, 255.26, article 263, section 135.10, 230.05, 230,06, subdivision two of section 230.30, or section 230.32, and who is currently confined as an inmate in any correctional facility or currently under the supervision of the state division of parole or a county probation department as a result of such conviction.
2009-S2104 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2104 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 11, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, ALESI, O. JOHNSON, LANZA, MORAHAN, PADAVAN, ROBACH, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to prohibiting certain felons from changing their names THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 60 of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter 695 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows: S 60. Petition for change of name; EXCEPTION. 1. A petition for leave to assume another name may be made by a resident of the state to the county court of the county or the supreme court in the county in which he OR SHE resides, or, if he OR SHE resides in the city of New York, either to the supreme court or to any branch of the civil court of the city of New York, in any county of the city of New York. The petition to change the name of an infant may be made by the infant through his OR HER next friend, or by either of his OR HER parents, or by his OR HER general guardian, or by the guardian of his OR HER person. 2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION NO PETITION MAY BE MADE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED (REGARDLESS OF WHEN SUCH CONVICTION WAS ENTERED) OF A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 70.02 OF THE PENAL LAW OR A FELONY DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF SUCH LAW OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW: SECTION 130.25, 130.30, 130.40, 130.45, 255.25, 255.26, ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE, SECTION 135.10, 230.05, 230.06, SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 230.30, OR SECTION 230.32, AND WHO IS CURRENTLY CONFINED AS AN INMATE IN ANY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR CURRENTLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE STATE DIVISION OF PAROLE OR A COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT AS A RESULT OF SUCH CONVICTION. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02237-01-9
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