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A07661 Summary:

BILL NOA07661
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORStern
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §180.86, CP L
 
Direct the chief administrator of the courts to retain indefinitely all court records pertaining to violent felony convictions.
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A07661 Actions:

BILL NOA07661
 
04/04/2025referred to codes
01/07/2026referred to codes
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A07661 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)




 
BILL NUMBER: A7661
 
SPONSOR: Stern

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to retention of
court records pertaining to violent felonies
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
Requires that all records pertaining to violent felony convictions be
exempt from disposition or expungement and shall be retained indefinite-
ly.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1: amends the criminal procedure law by adding a new section
180.86. Section 2: sets the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would ensure that victims of crimes, the New York State Parole
Board and the general public have continuous and permanent access to
sentencing records pertaining to violent felony convictions by requiring
that such records be exempt from disposition or expungement and shall be
retained indefinitely.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2023-2024: A.4196 - referred to codes
 
2022: A.10283 - referred to codes
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
To be determined.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.
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A07661 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7661
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 4, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to retention  of
          court records pertaining to violent felonies
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The criminal procedure law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 180.86 to read as follows:
     3  § 180.86 Retention of court records pertaining to violent felonies.
     4    The  chief  administrator of the courts shall promulgate schedules for
     5  the retention and disposition of court  records  pertaining  to  persons
     6  convicted of violent felonies. The chief administrator shall direct that
     7  all such records pertaining to violent felony convictions be exempt from
     8  disposition or expungement and shall be retained indefinitely.
     9    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    10  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04141-01-5
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