Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 07, 2024 |
committed to rules |
May 08, 2024 |
advanced to third reading |
May 07, 2024 |
2nd report cal. |
May 06, 2024 |
1st report cal.873 |
Mar 01, 2024 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S8701
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
Votes
2023-S8701 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S8701 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8701 SPONSOR: SKOUFIS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to exempting certain statements relating to sexual abuse or misconduct from disclo- sure PURPOSE: This bill explicitly exempts the statements of sexual abuse victims and witnesses from disclosure under FOIL to protect victims' and witnesses' privacy. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds subsection V. to include statements made by a witness or victim relating to sexual abuse or misconduct as an exemption from disclosure under FOIL.
2023-S8701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8701 I N S E N A T E March 1, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to exempting certain statements relating to sexual abuse or misconduct from disclo- sure THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 155 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: (e) are compiled for law enforcement purposes only to the extent that disclosure would: i. interfere with law enforcement investigations or judicial proceedings, provided however, that any agency, which is not conducting the investigation that the requested records relate to, that is consid- ering denying access pursuant to this subparagraph shall receive confir- mation from the law enforcement or investigating agency conducting the investigation that disclosure of such records will interfere with an ongoing investigation; ii. deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial adjudi- cation; iii. identify a confidential source or disclose confidential informa- tion relating to a criminal investigation; [or] iv. reveal criminal investigative techniques or procedures, except routine techniques and procedures; OR V. REVEAL ANY STATEMENT MADE BY A WITNESS OR VICTIM RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE OR MISCONDUCT; § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02752-01-3
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