NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6176A

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to codes
Jun 11, 2019	print number 6176a
Jun 11, 2019	amend and recommit to codes
May 21, 2019	referred to codes

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2019-S6176 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8455
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:: Add §160.57, CP L; amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S335
2023-2024: S2403

2019-S6176 - Summary

Requires automatic sealing of certain misdemeanor records; provides exceptions thereto; requires the division of criminal justice services to publish statistics on automatic sealing of certain records.

2019-S6176 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6176

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the
executive law, in relation to automatic sealing of certain misdemeanor
records

 
PURPOSE:

To allow for the automatic sealing of no more than two eligible misde-
meanor offenses, after ten years from the last date of sentencing has
elapsed.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: adds a new section, 160.57 to the criminal procedure law,
determining eligibility, period, and process of sealing certain misde-
meanor records.

Section 2: provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:  Reentry of individuals convicted of any crime is
difficult, even for those convicted of low-level misdemeanors. These
convictions often impose significant obstacles to individuals looking
for employment, housing, and imposes new barriers to social reinte-
gration. This bill would allow individuals who committed no more than
two low-level misdemeanors in the past, to have their records automat-
ically sealed after a period of ten years from the last sentencing date
have passed. Individuals who have made mistakes, but have not reoffended
and have learned from their transgressions have the opportunity to be
relieved of the burden those low-level misdemeanor convictions have on
an individual's ability to successfully reenter and function in society.
This automatic sealing would not apply to those convicted of a sex
offense under article one hundred thirty of the penal law, where regis-
try as a sex offender is required under article six C of the correction
law, or where an individual has previously been granted sealing of the
maximum allowable offenses under statute 160.58 of the criminal proce-
dure law.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S6176 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6176
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 21, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 and  the  executive  law,  in
   relation to automatic sealing of certain misdemeanor records
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The criminal procedure law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 160.57 to read as follows:
 § 160.57 AUTOMATIC SEALING OF CERTAIN MISDEMEANOR RECORDS.
   1.  AS  USED IN THIS SECTION, "ELIGIBLE OFFENSE" SHALL MEAN ANY MISDE-
 MEANOR CRIME DEFINED IN THE LAWS OF THIS STATE OTHER THAN A SEX  OFFENSE
 DEFINED  IN  ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW, OR AN OFFENSE
 FOR WHICH REGISTRATION AS A SEX OFFENDER IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, WHERE  AN
 INDIVIDUAL  IS  CONVICTED OF MORE THAN ONE ELIGIBLE OFFENSE COMMITTED AS
 PART OF THE SAME  CRIMINAL TRANSACTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO  OF
 SECTION  40.10  OF  THIS CHAPTER, SUCH  OFFENSES SHALL BE CONSIDERED ONE
 ELIGIBLE OFFENSE.
   2. WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN NEW YORK STATE OF NO MORE
 THAN TWO ELIGIBLE OFFENSES AND TEN YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE  THE  IMPOSI-
 TION  OF  THE SENTENCE ON AN  INDIVIDUAL'S LATEST CRIMINAL CONVICTION IN
 NEW YORK STATE, OR WHERE SUCH INDIVIDUAL WAS SENTENCED TO  A  PERIOD  OF
 INCARCERATION  FOR  SUCH  OFFENSE,  INCLUDING  A PERIOD OF INCARCERATION
 IMPOSED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SENTENCE OF PROBATION, UPON SUCH  INDIVID-
 UAL'S RELEASE FROM INCARCERATION, ALL OFFICIAL RECORDS AND PAPERS RELAT-
 ING  TO  THE  ARRESTS,  PROSECUTIONS,  AND CONVICTIONS OF SUCH OFFENSES,
 INCLUDING ALL DUPLICATES AND COPIES THEREOF ON FILE WITH THE DIVISION OF
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES OR ANY COURT, SHALL BE  SEALED  AND  NOT  MADE
 AVAILABLE  TO  ANY PERSON OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCY EXCEPT AS PROVIDED
 IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS   SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THE  DIVISION
 SHALL  RETAIN  ANY FINGERPRINTS, PALMPRINTS AND  PHOTOGRAPHS, OR DIGITAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11923-02-9

 S. 6176                             2
 
 IMAGES OF THE SAME. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 SERVICES SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE OFFICE  OF  COURT  ADMINISTRATION,
 THE  CLERK  OF  SUCH  COURT  WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CONVICTED, AND THE
 HEADS  OF  ALL APPROPRIATE POLICE  DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCIES REGARDING THE RECORDS THAT SHALL BE  SEALED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION.
   3.  SEALING  OF  RECORDS  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE RECORDS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHERE SUCH INDIVIDUAL:
   (A) IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A  SEX  OFFENDER  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW;
   (B)   HAS  PREVIOUSLY  OBTAINED  SEALING  OF  THE  MAXIMUM  NUMBER  OF
 CONVICTIONS ALLOWABLE UNDER SECTION 160.58 OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (C)  HAS  PREVIOUSLY  OBTAINED  SEALING  OF  THE  MAXIMUM  NUMBER   OF
 CONVICTIONS ALLOWABLE UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION;
   (D) HAS AN UNDISPOSED ARREST OR CHARGE PENDING IN NEW YORK STATE;
   (E) WAS CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME IN NEW YORK STATE AFTER THE DATE OF THE
 ENTRY OF JUDGMENT OF THE LAST CONVICTION FOR WHICH SEALING IS SOUGHT;
   (F)  HAS  BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME IN NEW YORK STATE THAT IS NOT AN
 ELIGIBLE OFFENSE; OR
   (G) HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MORE THAN TWO CRIMES IN NEW YORK STATE.
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION,  AN  INDIVID-
 UAL'S  RECORDS  WHICH HAVE BEEN SEALED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 MADE AVAILABLE TO:
   (A) SUCH INDIVIDUAL OR SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S DESIGNATED AGENT;
   (B) QUALIFIED AGENCIES, AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  NINE  OF  SECTION
 EIGHT  HUNDRED  THIRTY-FIVE  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND FEDERAL AND STATE
 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, WHEN ACTING WITHIN  THE  SCOPE  OF  THEIR  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT DUTIES;
   (C)  ANY STATE OR LOCAL OFFICER OR AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUANCE
 OF LICENSES TO POSSESS GUNS, WHEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS MADE  AN  APPLICA-
 TION FOR SUCH A LICENSE;
   (D)  ANY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER OF A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER, AS
 THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SUBDIVISIONS THIRTY-THREE AND THIRTY-FOUR  OF
 SECTION 1.20 OF THIS CHAPTER, IN  RELATION TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S APPLICA-
 TION  FOR  EMPLOYMENT  AS  A  POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT EVERY SUCH APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER OR
 PEACE OFFICER SHALL BE FURNISHED WITH A COPY  OF  ALL  RECORDS  OBTAINED
 UNDER  THIS  PARAGRAPH AND   SHALL BE AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN
 EXPLANATION THERETO; AND
   (E) THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION OF THE  FEDERAL
 BUREAU  OF  INVESTIGATION,  FOR THE PURPOSES OF RESPONDING TO QUERIES TO
 THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM REGARDING ATTEMPTS
 TO PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE TAKE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS, AS DEFINED  IN  18
 USC 921 (A) (3).
   5.  IN SITUATIONS WHERE SEALING OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S RECORDS IS REQUIRED
 UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, BUT HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE, AND SUCH
 INDIVIDUAL OR SUCH   INDIVIDUAL'S ATTORNEY PRESENTS  TO  THE  OFFICE  OF
 COURT  ADMINISTRATION  FINGERPRINT RECORDS FROM THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE SERVICES OR A COURT DISPOSITION INDICATING THAT THE  PERIOD  FOR
 ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN SATISFIED FOR AN ELIGIBLE CONVICTION, WITHIN THIRTY
 DAYS  OF NOTICE TO THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S
 RECORDS SHALL BE SEALED AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   6. NO PERSON SHALL BE REQUIRED OR PERMITTED TO WAIVE  ELIGIBILITY  FOR
 SEALING  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AS PART OF A PLEA OF GUILTY, SENTENCE,
 OR ANY AGREEMENT RELATED TO A CONVICTION   FOR AN ELIGIBLE  OFFENSE  AND
 ANY SUCH WAIVER SHALL BE DEEMED VOID AND WHOLLY UNENFORCEABLE.

 S. 6176                             3

   §  2.  Section  837  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  ANNUALLY  PUBLISH  ON THE DIVISION'S WEBSITE STATISTICS REGARDING
 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS AUTOMATICALLY SEALED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 160.57 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8455
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:: Add §160.57, CP L; amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S335
2023-2024: S2403

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6176A

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the
executive law, in relation to automatic sealing of certain misdemeanor
records

 
PURPOSE:

To allow for the automatic sealing of no more than two eligible misde-
meanor offenses, after ten years from the last date of sentencing has
elapsed.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: adds a new section, 160.57 to the criminal procedure law,
determining eligibility, period, and process of sealing certain misde-
meanor records.

Section 2: provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Reentry of individuals convicted of any crime is difficult, even for
those convicted of low-level misdemeanors. These convictions often pose
significant obstacles to individuals looking for employment, housing,
and imposes new barriers to social reintegration. This bill would allow
individuals who committed no more than two low-level misdemeanors in the
past, to have their records automatically sealed after a period of ten
years from the last sentencing date have passed. Individuals who have
made mistakes, but have not reoffended and have learned from their
transgressions have the opportunity to be relieved of the burden those
low-level misdemeanor convictions have on an individual's ability to
successfully reenter and function in society. This automatic sealing
would not apply to those convicted of a sex offense under article one
hundred thirty of the penal law, where registry as a sex offender is
required under article six C of the correction law, or where an individ-
ual has previously been granted sealing of the maximum allowable
offenses under statute 160.58 of the criminal procedure law.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6176--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 21, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law and the executive law, in
   relation to automatic sealing of certain misdemeanor records
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  criminal  procedure  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 160.57 to read as follows:
 § 160.57 AUTOMATIC SEALING OF CERTAIN MISDEMEANOR RECORDS.
   1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "ELIGIBLE OFFENSE" SHALL MEAN  ANY  MISDE-
 MEANOR  CRIME DEFINED IN THE LAWS OF THIS STATE OTHER THAN A SEX OFFENSE
 DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW, OR  AN  OFFENSE
 FOR WHICH REGISTRATION AS A SEX OFFENDER IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 SIX-C  OF THE CORRECTION LAW. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, WHERE AN
 INDIVIDUAL IS CONVICTED OF MORE THAN ONE ELIGIBLE OFFENSE  COMMITTED  AS
 PART  OF THE SAME  CRIMINAL TRANSACTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 SECTION 40.10 OF THIS CHAPTER, SUCH   OFFENSES SHALL BE  CONSIDERED  ONE
 ELIGIBLE OFFENSE.
   2. WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN NEW YORK STATE OF NO MORE
 THAN  TWO  ELIGIBLE OFFENSES AND TEN YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE IMPOSI-
 TION OF THE SENTENCE ON AN  INDIVIDUAL'S LATEST CRIMINAL  CONVICTION  IN
 NEW YORK STATE, ALL OFFICIAL RECORDS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE ARRESTS,
 PROSECUTIONS, AND CONVICTIONS OF SUCH OFFENSES, INCLUDING ALL DUPLICATES
 AND  COPIES  THEREOF  ON  FILE  WITH  THE  DIVISION  OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 SERVICES OR ANY COURT, SHALL BE SEALED AND NOT MADE AVAILABLE  TO    ANY
 PERSON  OR  PUBLIC  OR  PRIVATE AGENCY EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION
 FOUR OF THIS  SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE DIVISION SHALL RETAIN  ANY
 FINGERPRINTS,  PALMPRINTS  AND    PHOTOGRAPHS,  OR DIGITAL IMAGES OF THE
 SAME. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11923-03-9

 S. 6176--A                          2
 
 SHALL  IMMEDIATELY  NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, THE CLERK
 OF SUCH COURT WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CONVICTED, AND THE HEADS  OF  ALL
 APPROPRIATE  POLICE    DEPARTMENTS  AND  OTHER  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
 REGARDING THE RECORDS THAT SHALL BE SEALED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.  IN
 CALCULATING  THE  TEN  YEAR PERIOD UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY PERIOD OF
 TIME DURING WHICH THE PERSON WAS INCARCERATED SHALL BE EXCLUDED AND SUCH
 TEN YEAR PERIOD SHALL BE EXTENDED BY A PERIOD EQUAL TO THE  TIME  SERVED
 UNDER SUCH INCARCERATION.
   3.  SEALING  OF  RECORDS  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE RECORDS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHERE SUCH INDIVIDUAL:
   (A) IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A  SEX  OFFENDER  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW;
   (B)   HAS  PREVIOUSLY  OBTAINED  SEALING  OF  THE  MAXIMUM  NUMBER  OF
 CONVICTIONS ALLOWABLE UNDER SECTION 160.58 OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (C)  HAS  PREVIOUSLY  OBTAINED  SEALING  OF  THE  MAXIMUM  NUMBER   OF
 CONVICTIONS ALLOWABLE UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION;
   (D) HAS AN UNDISPOSED ARREST OR CHARGE PENDING IN NEW YORK STATE;
   (E) WAS CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME IN NEW YORK STATE AFTER THE DATE OF THE
 ENTRY OF JUDGMENT OF THE LAST CONVICTION FOR WHICH SEALING IS SOUGHT;
   (F)  HAS  BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME IN NEW YORK STATE THAT IS NOT AN
 ELIGIBLE OFFENSE; OR
   (G) HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MORE THAN TWO CRIMES IN NEW YORK STATE.
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION,  AN  INDIVID-
 UAL'S  RECORDS  THAT  HAVE BEEN SEALED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 MADE AVAILABLE TO:
   (A) SUCH INDIVIDUAL OR SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S DESIGNATED AGENT;
   (B) QUALIFIED AGENCIES, AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  NINE  OF  SECTION
 EIGHT  HUNDRED  THIRTY-FIVE  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND FEDERAL AND STATE
 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, WHEN ACTING WITHIN  THE  SCOPE  OF  THEIR  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT DUTIES;
   (C)  ANY STATE OR LOCAL OFFICER OR AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUANCE
 OF LICENSES TO POSSESS GUNS, WHEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS MADE  AN  APPLICA-
 TION FOR SUCH A LICENSE;
   (D)  ANY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER OF A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER, AS
 THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SUBDIVISIONS THIRTY-THREE AND THIRTY-FOUR  OF
 SECTION 1.20 OF THIS CHAPTER, IN  RELATION TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S APPLICA-
 TION  FOR  EMPLOYMENT  AS  A  POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT EVERY SUCH APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER OR
 PEACE OFFICER SHALL BE FURNISHED WITH A COPY  OF  ALL  RECORDS  OBTAINED
 UNDER  THIS  PARAGRAPH AND   SHALL BE AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN
 EXPLANATION THERETO; AND
   (E) THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION OF THE  FEDERAL
 BUREAU  OF  INVESTIGATION,  FOR THE PURPOSES OF RESPONDING TO QUERIES TO
 THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM REGARDING ATTEMPTS
 TO PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE TAKE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS, AS DEFINED  IN  18
 USC 921 (A) (3).
   5.  IN SITUATIONS WHERE SEALING OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S RECORDS IS REQUIRED
 UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, BUT HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE, AND SUCH
 INDIVIDUAL OR SUCH   INDIVIDUAL'S ATTORNEY PRESENTS  TO  THE  OFFICE  OF
 COURT  ADMINISTRATION  FINGERPRINT RECORDS FROM THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE SERVICES OR A COURT DISPOSITION INDICATING THAT THE  PERIOD  FOR
 ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN SATISFIED FOR AN ELIGIBLE CONVICTION, WITHIN THIRTY
 DAYS  OF NOTICE TO THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S
 RECORDS SHALL BE SEALED AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   6. NO PERSON SHALL BE REQUIRED OR PERMITTED TO WAIVE  ELIGIBILITY  FOR
 SEALING  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AS PART OF A PLEA OF GUILTY, SENTENCE,

 S. 6176--A                          3
 
 OR ANY AGREEMENT RELATED TO A CONVICTION   FOR AN ELIGIBLE  OFFENSE  AND
 ANY SUCH WAIVER SHALL BE DEEMED VOID AND WHOLLY UNENFORCEABLE.
   §  2.  Section  837  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. ANNUALLY PUBLISH ON THE DIVISION'S  WEBSITE  STATISTICS  REGARDING
 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS AUTOMATICALLY SEALED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 160.57 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S6176A

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

Bill Amendments

2019-S6176 - Details

2019-S6176 - Summary

2019-S6176 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6176 - Bill Text download pdf

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Zellnor Myrie

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

Bill Amendments

2019-S6176 - Details

2019-S6176 - Summary

2019-S6176 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6176 - Bill Text download pdf

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6176A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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