Assembly Bill A2391

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to protecting witnesses in criminal prosecutions from intimidation and threats

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A2391 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §245.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9877
2021-2022: A4726
2023-2024: A3269

2025-A2391 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to protecting witnesses in criminal prosecutions from intimidation and threats by permitting the court to withhold disclosure of names and other information if the court finds on the record that such witness is subject to potential intimidation, violence or threats.

2025-A2391 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2391
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RA, DURSO, BRABENEC, SAYEGH, BROOK-KRASNY, CHANG,
   NOVAKHOV -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to protecting
   vulnerable witness and victim's contact information
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 1 of section 245.20 of the
 criminal procedure law, as amended by section 2 of part HHH  of  chapter
 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  The  names and adequate contact information for all persons other
 than law  enforcement  personnel  whom  the  prosecutor  knows  to  have
 evidence or information relevant to any offense charged or to any poten-
 tial  defense  thereto,  including a designation by the prosecutor as to
 which of those persons may be called as  witnesses;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 NOTHING  IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL REQUIRE THE DISCLOSURE OF THE NAMES AND
 ADEQUATE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PERSONS THAT THE  COURT  FINDS  ON  THE
 RECORD  ARE  SUBJECT  TO  POTENTIAL  WITNESS  INTIMIDATION,  VIOLENCE OR
 THREATS. Nothing in this paragraph shall require the disclosure of phys-
 ical addresses; provided, however, upon a motion and  good  cause  shown
 the  court  may direct the disclosure of a physical address. Information
 under this subdivision relating to the identity of  a  911  caller,  the
 victim or witness of an offense defined under article one hundred thirty
 or  section  230.34  or  230.34-a  of the penal law, any other victim or
 witness of a crime where the  defendant  has  substantiated  affiliation
 with  a  criminal  enterprise as defined in subdivision three of section
 460.10 of the penal law, or a confidential informant  may  be  withheld,
 and  redacted from discovery materials, without need for a motion pursu-
 ant to section 245.70 of this article; but the prosecution shall  notify
 the  defendant  in writing that such information has not been disclosed,
 unless the court rules otherwise for good cause shown.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05709-01-5

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