Senate Bill S770

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to certain contact information provided to crime victims

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Current Bill Status Via A693 - Passed Senate

  • 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-S770 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A693
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §646-a, Exec L (as proposed in S.5502 & A.4199)

2025-S770 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the contact information for the department of corrections and community supervision and the office of victim assistance shall be provided to crime victims.

2025-S770 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S770 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    770
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to certain contact infor-
   mation provided to crime victims

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1, paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 and paragraph
 (b)  of  subdivision 3 of section 646-a of the executive law, as amended
 by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law relating  to
 certain  notifications  and  the rights of crime victims, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 5502 and A. 4199, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  The  district  attorney  [or  the court] shall provide the victim,
 parent or guardian of a minor, or a surviving family member in the  case
 of homicide, at the time of sentencing or at the earliest time possible,
 with  an  informational  pamphlet  detailing the rights of crime victims
 which shall be prepared by the division of criminal justice services  in
 consultation  with the director of the office of victim services and the
 office of victim assistance, and distributed to each district attorney's
 office.
   (g) the rights of crime victims to be aware of the defendant's  incar-
 ceration status by providing the [state board of parole's] DEPARTMENT OF
 CORRECTIONS  AND  COMMUNITY SUPERVISION'S contact information, including
 the [board's] OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE'S toll-free telephone  number,
 as  provided  for in subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-nine-i
 of this chapter. Such notice shall advise the crime victim  to  use  the
 [board's]  OFFICE  OF  VICTIM ASSISTANCE'S toll-free telephone number to
 update contact information;
   (b) the address and phone number of the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS  AND
 COMMUNITY SUPERVISION'S office of victim assistance;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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