Assembly Bill A4391

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Clarifies lawful uses of sealed records

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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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2021-A4391 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§160.50, 160.55, 160.58 & 720.35, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7683
2015-2016: A5107
2017-2018: A4925
2019-2020: A6441
2023-2024: A3197

2021-A4391 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies lawful uses of sealed records.

2021-A4391 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4391
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. O'DONNELL, WEPRIN, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to  the  use  of
   sealed records
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of  section  160.50
 of  the  criminal procedure law, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 169
 of the laws of 1994, paragraph (d) as amended by chapter 449 of the laws
 of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   (c) all official records and papers, including judgments and orders of
 a court but not including  published  court  decisions  or  opinions  or
 records  and  briefs  on  appeal, relating to the arrest or prosecution,
 including all duplicates and copies thereof, on file with  the  division
 of  criminal justice services, any court, police agency, or prosecutor's
 office shall be sealed and not  made  available  to,  OR  USED  FOR  ANY
 PURPOSE  NOT  SPECIFICALLY  AUTHORIZED BY LAW BY any person or public or
 private agency, EVEN IF THE RECORDS WERE  PREVIOUSLY  OBTAINED  BY  SUCH
 PERSON OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCY;
   (d)  [such]  THE records REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION shall ONLY be made available to, AND  MAY  ONLY  BE  USED  BY,  the
 person  accused  or to such person's designated agent, and shall ONLY be
 made available to, AND MAY ONLY BE   USED BY: (i) a  prosecutor  in  any
 proceeding  in  which  the  accused  has  moved for an order pursuant to
 section 170.56 or 210.46 of this [chapter] PART, or (ii) a law  enforce-
 ment  agency  upon  ex  parte  motion  in  any superior court, or in any
 district court, city court or the criminal court of the city of New York
 provided that such court sealed the record, if such agency  demonstrates
 to the satisfaction of the court that justice requires that such records
 be  made  available to it, or (iii) any state or local officer or agency
 with responsibility for the issuance of licenses to possess  guns,  when
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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