Senate Bill S8666

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to vacating certain records for misdemeanor marihuana convictions

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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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2019-S8666 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10339
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §160.50, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1181

2019-S8666 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Vacates certain records for misdemeanor marihuana convictions.

2019-S8666 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8666 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8666
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 2, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  vacating
   certain records for misdemeanor marihuana convictions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (k)  of  subdivision  3  of
 section  160.50 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 132
 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) The conviction was for a violation of article two  hundred  twenty
 or  section 240.36 of the penal law prior to the effective date of arti-
 cle two hundred twenty-one of the penal law,  and  the  sole  controlled
 substance  involved  was  marihuana  and  the  conviction was only for a
 [violation or violations] MISDEMEANOR AND/OR VIOLATION; or
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
 the  expungement  of  marihuana  convictions under section 160.50 of the
 criminal procedure law, added by the amendment in section  one  of  this
 act,  shall occur promptly and in any event no later than one year after
 the effective date of this act.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15123-04-0

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