NY State Senate Bill 2025-S6358

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Mar 11, 2025	referred to codes

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2712
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §60.38, Pen L; amd §§722.22 & 722.23, add §440.48, CP L

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "child sex crime victims protection act"; establishes alternative sentencing procedures for victims of child sex crimes who commit crimes against their abusers.

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6358

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in
relation to enacting the "child sex crime victims protection act"

 
PURPOSE:

To protect victims of child sex trafficking from prosecution as adults
if they are alleged to have committed a crime against their
trafficker/abuser, or if they committed an offense as the direct result
of being a victim of trafficking.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one provides the short title.

Section two provides the legislative intent.

Section three amends the penal law to allow the court to consider

departing from a mandatory sentence or sentence enhancement, suspend any
portion of an applicable sentence, or transfer a convicted person back
to the jurisdiction of family court if such person was convicted of an
offense listed in this section when under the age of twenty.

Section four amends the criminal procedure law to add a new subdivision
allowing a juvenile offender to request a hearing to determine if the
individual against whom they are alleged to have committed an offense
had previously committed a child sex crime against the juvenile offen-
der, or if the juvenile offender committed an offense as a direct result
of being a victim of trafficking. This section further allows the court
to order removal of the action on motion of any party or on its own
motion.

Section five amends the criminal procedure law to add a new subdivision
allowing a defendant charged with a crime committed when they were under
the age of eighteen to request a hearing to determine if the individual
against whom they are alleged to have committed an offense had previous-
ly committed a child sex crime against the defendant, or if the defend-
ant committed an offense as a direct result of being a victim of traf-
ficking. This section further allows the court to order removal of the
action on motion of any party or on its own motion.

Section six amends the criminal procedure law to add a new section
providing for a motion for resentencing for child sex crime victims.

Section seven provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 1995, Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life in prison without the possi-
bility of parole for killing her trafficker. At the time, Sara was only
seventeen years old. She had been groomed from the age of eleven, and
sex trafficked from ages 13-16. Sara was ultimately able to escape, but
then killed her abuser. At trial, Sara was tried as an adult, without
consideration of the impact of her abuse and childhood trauma. Sara

served 19 years and 7 months of her sentence before the governor of
California commuted and reduced her sentence in 2022.

This bill would allow judges to consider the impact of abuse and trauma
on survivors of child trafficking like Sara who are charged with a crime
against their abuser. By viewing such persons as child victims rather
than adult offenders, New York will be able to expand the State's dedi-
cation to prioritizing the treatment and rehabilitation of survivors
rather than transferring them into the adult system.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6358
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the  penal  law  and  the  criminal  procedure  law,  in
   relation to enacting the "child sex crime victims protection act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "child  sex
 crime victims protection act" or "Sara's law."
   §  2.  Legislative intent. This act shall be construed as prioritizing
 the successful treatment and rehabilitation of child sex  crime  victims
 who  commit  acts  of violence against their abusers, or who committed a
 crime as the direct result of being a victim of trafficking. It  is  the
 legislature's  preference  that  such persons be viewed as child victims
 and provided with treatment and services rather  than  transferred  into
 the adult system.
   § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 60.38 to read as
 follows:
 § 60.38 AUTHORIZED DISPOSITIONS; CHILD SEX CRIME VICTIMS.
   NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHEN A
 PERSON IS CONVICTED AS AN ADULT OF AN OFFENSE THAT SUCH PERSON COMMITTED
 WHEN SUCH PERSON WAS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY, AND THE COURT  FINDS  THAT
 EITHER:
   (A)  THE  INDIVIDUAL  AGAINST  WHOM SUCH PERSON COMMITTED SUCH OFFENSE
 TRAFFICKED SUCH PERSON AS DEFINED BY SECTION 230.34 OR 230.34-A OF  THIS
 CHAPTER,  COMPELLED  SUCH PERSON TO ENGAGE IN PROSTITUTION AS DEFINED BY
 SECTION 230.33 OF THIS CHAPTER, PROMOTED THE PROSTITUTION OF SUCH PERSON
 IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS  DEFINED  BY  SECTION  230.32  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
 PROMOTED THE PROSTITUTION OF SUCH PERSON IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED
 BY  SECTION  230.30  OF THIS CHAPTER, OR COMMITTED A SEX OFFENSE AGAINST
 SUCH PERSON AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
 PRIOR TO OR DURING THE COMMISSION OF SUCH OFFENSE; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00619-04-5

 S. 6358                             2
 
   (B)  THE  INDIVIDUAL  WHO  COMMITTED  SUCH  OFFENSE DID SO AS A DIRECT
 RESULT OF BEING A VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED  BY  SECTION  135.35,
 230.30, 230.32, 230.33, 230.34-A, OR 230.34 OF THIS CHAPTER;
 THE COURT MAY:
   1.  DEPART  FROM  ANY MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE, MAXIMUM SENTENCE, OR
 SENTENCING ENHANCEMENT;
   2. SUSPEND ANY PORTION OF AN OTHERWISE APPLICABLE SENTENCE; OR
   3. IF THE INDIVIDUAL WAS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AT THE TIME OF  THE
 COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE, TRANSFER SUCH PERSON BACK TO THE JURISDICTION
 OF  THE  FAMILY  COURT FOR DISPOSITION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   § 4. Section 722.22 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. AFTER A MOTION BY A JUVENILE OFFENDER,  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 FIVE  OF SECTION 722.20 OF THIS ARTICLE, OR AFTER ARRAIGNMENT OF A JUVE-
 NILE OFFENDER UPON AN INDICTMENT:
   (A) THE JUVENILE OFFENDER MAY REQUEST A HEARING TO DETERMINE:
   (I) IF THE INDIVIDUAL AGAINST WHOM SUCH  JUVENILE  OFFENDER  COMMITTED
 SUCH  OFFENSE COMMITTED A CHILD SEX CRIME AGAINST SUCH JUVENILE OFFENDER
 PRIOR TO OR DURING THE COMMISSION OF SUCH OFFENSE; OR
   (II) IF THE JUVENILE OFFENDER  COMMITTED  SUCH  OFFENSE  AS  A  DIRECT
 RESULT  OF  BEING  A VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED BY SECTION 135.35,
 230.30, 230.32, 230.33, 230.34, OR 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW; AND
   (B) THE COURT SHALL, ON MOTION OF ANY PARTY  OR  ON  ITS  OWN  MOTION,
 ORDER  REMOVAL  OF  THE  ACTION  TO  THE  FAMILY  COURT  PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS TITLE, IF, AFTER
 SUCH HEARING, IT IS PROVEN BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE THAT:
   (I) THE INDIVIDUAL AGAINST WHOM SUCH JUVENILE OFFENDER COMMITTED  SUCH
 OFFENSE  TRAFFICKED  SUCH JUVENILE OFFENDER AS DEFINED BY SECTION 230.34
 OR 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW, COMPELLED SUCH JUVENILE OFFENDER TO ENGAGE
 IN PROSTITUTION AS DEFINED BY SECTION 230.33 OF THE PENAL LAW,  PROMOTED
 THE  PROSTITUTION  OF  SUCH  JUVENILE  OFFENDER  IN  THE FIRST DEGREE AS
 DEFINED BY SECTION 230.32 OF THE PENAL LAW, PROMOTED THE PROSTITUTION OF
 SUCH JUVENILE OFFENDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED BY SECTION 230.30
 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR COMMITTED  A  SEX  OFFENSE  AGAINST  SUCH  JUVENILE
 OFFENDER AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW PRIOR
 TO OR DURING THE COMMISSION OF SUCH OFFENSE; OR
   (II)  THE  JUVENILE OFFENDER COMMITTED SUCH OFFENSE AS A DIRECT RESULT
 OF BEING A VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED BY SECTION  135.35,  230.30,
 230.32, 230.33, 230.34-A, OR 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 5. Section 722.23 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  FOLLOWING THE ARRAIGNMENT OF A DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH AN OFFENSE
 COMMITTED WHEN SUCH DEFENDANT WAS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE:
   (A) THE DEFENDANT MAY REQUEST A HEARING TO DETERMINE IF, PRIOR  TO  OR
 DURING THE COMMISSION OF SUCH OFFENSE:
   (I)  THE  INDIVIDUAL AGAINST WHOM THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED SUCH OFFENSE
 COMMITTED A CHILD SEX CRIME AGAINST THE DEFENDANT; OR
   (II) THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED SUCH OFFENSE AS A DIRECT RESULT OF  BEING
 A  VICTIM  OF  TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED BY SECTION 135.35, 230.30, 230.32,
 230.33, 230.34, OR 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW; AND
   (B) THE COURT SHALL ORDER REMOVAL OF THE ACTION TO  THE  FAMILY  COURT
 PURSUANT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS
 TITLE, IF, AFTER SUCH HEARING, IT IS PROVEN BY A  PREPONDERANCE  OF  THE
 EVIDENCE  THAT,  PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION OF SUCH OFFENSE BY SUCH DEFEND-
 ANT:
 S. 6358                             3
 
   (I) THE INDIVIDUAL AGAINST WHOM THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED  SUCH  OFFENSE
 TRAFFICKED  SUCH  DEFENDANT  AS DEFINED BY SECTION 230.34 OR 230.34-A OF
 THE PENAL LAW, COMPELLED SUCH DEFENDANT TO  ENGAGE  IN  PROSTITUTION  AS
 DEFINED BY SECTION 230.33 OF THE PENAL LAW, PROMOTED THE PROSTITUTION OF
 SUCH  DEFENDANT  IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED BY SECTION 230.32 OF THE
 PENAL LAW, PROMOTED THE PROSTITUTION OF SUCH  DEFENDANT  IN  THE  SECOND
 DEGREE AS DEFINED BY SECTION 230.30 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR COMMITTED A SEX
 OFFENSE  AGAINST SUCH DEFENDANT AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY
 OF THE PENAL LAW; OR
   (II) THAT THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED SUCH OFFENSE AS A DIRECT  RESULT  OF
 BEING  A  VICTIM  OF  TRAFFICKING  AS DEFINED BY SECTION 135.35, 230.30,
 230.32, 230.33, 230.34, OR 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 6. The criminal procedure law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 440.48 to read as follows:
 § 440.48 MOTION FOR RESENTENCE; CHILD SEX CRIME VICTIMS.
   1. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 PERSON  WHO  IS CONFINED IN AN INSTITUTION OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
 CORRECTION AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION  AND  SERVING  A  SENTENCE  FOR  AN
 OFFENSE COMMITTED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION MAY SUBMIT
 TO  THE  JUDGE  OR JUSTICE WHO ORIGINALLY SENTENCED SUCH PERSON FOR SUCH
 OFFENSE AN APPLICATION TO  BE  RESENTENCED  TO  A  DETERMINATE  SENTENCE
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  60.38 OF THE PENAL LAW IF SUCH PERSON IS ELIGIBLE
 FOR AN ALTERNATIVE SENTENCE AS A PERSON CONVICTED  AS  AN  ADULT  OF  AN
 OFFENSE  COMMITTED WHEN SUCH PERSON WAS UNDER TWENTY YEARS OF AGE PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION 60.38 OF THE PENAL LAW; AND
   (I) THE INDIVIDUAL AGAINST WHOM SUCH PERSON COMMITTED SUCH CRIME TRAF-
 FICKED SUCH PERSON AS DEFINED BY SECTION 230.34 OR 230.34-A OF THE PENAL
 LAW, COMPELLED SUCH PERSON TO  ENGAGE  IN  PROSTITUTION  AS  DEFINED  BY
 SECTION  230.33  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW,  PROMOTED THE PROSTITUTION OF SUCH
 PERSON IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED BY SECTION  230.32  OF  THE  PENAL
 LAW,  PROMOTED  THE  PROSTITUTION OF SUCH PERSON IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS
 DEFINED BY SECTION 230.30 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR COMMITTED A  SEX  OFFENSE
 AGAINST  SUCH  PERSON  AS  DEFINED  BY ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE
 PENAL LAW; OR
   (II) THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED SUCH OFFENSE AS A DIRECT RESULT OF  BEING
 A  VICTIM  OF  TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED BY SECTION 135.35, 230.30, 230.32,
 230.33, 230.34, OR 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW.
   (B) AN APPLICATION TO BE RESENTENCED TO A DETERMINATE SENTENCE SUBMIT-
 TED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE DOCUMEN-
 TATION PROVING THAT SUCH PERSON IS:
   (I)  CONFINED  IN  AN  INSTITUTION  OPERATED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT   OF
 CORRECTIONS  AND  COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND IS SERVING A SENTENCE FOR AN
 OFFENSE COMMITTED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (II) ELIGIBLE FOR AN ALTERNATIVE SENTENCE AS A PERSON CONVICTED AS  AN
 ADULT  OF AN OFFENSE COMMITTED WHEN SUCH PERSON WAS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS
 OF AGE PURSUANT TO SECTION 60.38 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   (C) IF, AT THE TIME OF SUCH PERSON'S REQUEST TO APPLY FOR RESENTENCING
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE WHO ORIGINALLY  SENTENCED
 SUCH  PERSON IS A JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION,
 BUT SUCH COURT IS NOT THE COURT IN  WHICH  SUCH  PERSON  WAS  ORIGINALLY
 SENTENCED,  THEN THE REQUEST SHALL BE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER JUDGE
 OR JUSTICE OF THE COURT IN WHICH SUCH PERSON WAS  ORIGINALLY  SENTENCED.
 IF THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE WHO ORIGINALLY SENTENCED SUCH PERSON IS NO LONG-
 ER  A  JUDGE  OR  JUSTICE OF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, THEN THE
 REQUEST SHALL BE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER JUDGE OR  JUSTICE  OF  THE
 COURT IN WHICH SUCH PERSON WAS ORIGINALLY SENTENCED.
 S. 6358                             4

   (D)  IF  THE  COURT  FINDS  THAT  SUCH PERSON IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR
 RESENTENCING PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION,  THE  COURT  SHALL  NOTIFY  SUCH
 PERSON THAT SUCH PERSON MAY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR RESENTENCING. UPON
 SUCH  NOTIFICATION,  THE  PERSON  MAY  REQUEST  THAT THE COURT ASSIGN AN
 ATTORNEY  TO  SUCH  PERSON FOR THE PREPARATION OF AND PROCEEDINGS ON THE
 APPLICATION FOR RESENTENCING SUBMITTED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION.  THE
 ATTORNEY  SHALL  BE  ASSIGNED  PURSUANT  TO THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF
 SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO AND ARTICLE EIGHTEEN-A  OF  THE  COUNTY
 LAW.
   (E)  IF  THE COURT FINDS THAT SUCH PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR
 RESENTENCING PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION,  THE  COURT  SHALL  NOTIFY  SUCH
 PERSON  OF SUCH INELIGIBILITY AND DISMISS SUCH PERSON'S REQUEST TO APPLY
 FOR RESENTENCING WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
   2. (A) UPON RECEIPT OF AN  APPLICATION  FOR  RESENTENCING,  THE  COURT
 SHALL PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND PROVIDE SUCH
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY WITH A COPY OF SUCH APPLICATION.
   (B) IF THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE WHO RECEIVES SUCH PERSON'S APPLICATION FOR
 RESENTENCING  IS  NOT THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE WHO ORIGINALLY SENTENCED SUCH
 PERSON, SUCH APPLICATION MAY BE REFERRED TO THE  JUDGE  OR  JUSTICE  WHO
 ORIGINALLY  SENTENCED  SUCH PERSON; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE JUDGE OR
 JUSTICE WHO ORIGINALLY SENTENCED SUCH PERSON IS A JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF  A
 COURT  OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION; AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT THE PERSON
 APPLYING FOR RESENTENCING AND THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  AGREE  THAT  SUCH
 APPLICATION SHOULD BE REFERRED.
   3. (A) IF THE COURT FINDS THAT SUCH PERSON HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS  SECTION, THE COURT SHALL CONDUCT A HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO
 APPROVE OR DENY SUCH PERSON'S  APPLICATION  FOR  RESENTENCING.  AT  SUCH
 HEARING,  THE COURT SHALL DETERMINE ANY CONTROVERTED ISSUE OF FACT RELE-
 VANT TO THE ISSUE OF SENTENCING. RELIABLE HEARSAY SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE AT
 SUCH HEARINGS.
   (B) IF THE COURT DENIES SUCH PERSON'S  APPLICATION  FOR  RESENTENCING,
 THE  COURT  SHALL  NOTIFY  SUCH PERSON OF SUCH DENIAL AND SHALL ENTER AN
 ORDER TO THAT EFFECT.
   (C) IF THE COURT APPROVES SUCH PERSON'S APPLICATION FOR  RESENTENCING,
 THE  COURT  SHALL  NOTIFY SUCH PERSON THAT, UNLESS SUCH PERSON WITHDRAWS
 THE APPLICATION OR APPEALS FROM SUCH APPROVAL, THE COURT SHALL ENTER  AN
 ORDER  VACATING  THE  SENTENCE  ORIGINALLY  IMPOSED  AND  IMPOSE THE NEW
 SENTENCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 60.38 OF THE PENAL LAW. SUCH  APPROVAL  MAY
 BE  BASED  ON  THE  GROUNDS THAT ANY ORDER ISSUED BY A COURT PURSUANT TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION MUST INCLUDE WRITTEN FINDINGS OF FACT AND  THE  REASONS
 FOR SUCH ORDER.
   4. (A) AN APPEAL MAY BE TAKEN AS OF RIGHT PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER:
   (I) FROM AN ORDER DENYING SUCH PERSON'S APPLICATION FOR RESENTENCING;
   (II) FROM A NEW SENTENCE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVI-
 SION  THREE  OF  THIS  SECTION  ON  THE GROUNDS THAT THE TERM OF THE NEW
 SENTENCE IS HARSH OR EXCESSIVE OR IS UNAUTHORIZED AS A MATTER OF LAW; OR
   (III) FROM AN ORDER SPECIFYING AND INFORMING SUCH PERSON OF  THE  TERM
 OF  THE DETERMINATE SENTENCE THE COURT WOULD IMPOSE UPON RESENTENCING ON
 THE GROUND THAT THE TERM OF THE PROPOSED SENTENCE IS HARSH OR EXCESSIVE.
   (B) UPON REMAND TO THE SENTENCING COURT  FOLLOWING  SUCH  APPEAL,  THE
 PERSON  APPLYING FOR RESENTENCING SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITH-
 DRAW SUCH APPLICATION BEFORE ANY RESENTENCE IS IMPOSED. SUCH PERSON  MAY
 REQUEST  THAT THE COURT ASSIGN AN ATTORNEY TO SUCH PERSON FOR THE PREPA-
 RATION OF AND PROCEEDINGS ON ANY APPEALS REGARDING SUCH PERSON'S  APPLI-
 CATION  FOR RESENTENCING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. THE ATTORNEY SHALL BE
 S. 6358                             5
 
 ASSIGNED PURSUANT TO THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVEN  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-TWO AND ARTICLE EIGHTEEN-A OF THE COUNTY LAW.
   5.  IN  CALCULATING  THE NEW TERM TO BE SERVED BY SUCH PERSON APPLYING
 FOR RESENTENCING PURSUANT TO SECTION 60.38 OF THE PENAL LAW, SUCH PERSON
 SHALL BE CREDITED FOR ANY PERIOD OF INCARCERATION CREDITED TOWARD:
   (A) THE SUBJECT CONVICTION; AND
   (B) THE SENTENCE ORIGINALLY IMPOSED.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Cordell Cleare

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6358 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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