A10951 Summary:
| BILL NO | A10951 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S06492 |
| SPONSOR | Cruz |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §160.57, CP L | |
| Makes technical corrections to the clean slate law to correct issues relating to multicategory conviction dockets and the conviction-specific supervision prohibitor. | |
A10951 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10951 IN ASSEMBLY April 14, 2026 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to making tech- nical corrections to the clean slate law to correct issues relating to multicategory conviction dockets and the conviction-specific super- vision prohibitor The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 160.57 of the 2 criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 631 of the laws of 2023, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (b) Criminal convictions shall be sealed upon satisfaction of the 5 following conditions: 6 (i) for a misdemeanor conviction, at least three years have passed 7 from the defendant's release from incarceration or the imposition of 8 sentence if there was no sentence of incarceration. If the defendant is 9 subsequently convicted of a crime before a prior conviction is sealed 10 pursuant to this section, the calculation of time for such prior 11 conviction shall start upon the same date as the time calculation starts 12 for the subsequent criminal conviction; 13 (ii) for a felony conviction, at least eight years have passed from 14 the date the defendant was last released from incarceration for the 15 sentence of the conviction eligible for sealing or from the imposition 16 of sentence if there was no sentence of incarceration. A defendant's 17 detention for an alleged violation of parole or post-release supervision 18 shall not interfere with the time calculation prescribed herein unless 19 and until supervision is revoked resulting in the defendant's reincar- 20 ceration. If the defendant is subsequently convicted of a crime before a 21 prior conviction is sealed pursuant to this section, the calculation of 22 time for such prior conviction shall start upon the same date as the 23 time calculation starts for the subsequent criminal conviction; 24 (iii) for any convictions of infractions or noncriminal violations 25 from a docket or accusatory instrument from which other criminal 26 convictions also originated, all such other criminal convictions stem- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10779-01-5A. 10951 2 1 ming from such same docket or accusatory instrument have otherwise 2 become eligible for sealing pursuant to this section; 3 (iv) where all other criminal convictions stemming from the same dock- 4 et or accusatory instrument are also otherwise eligible for sealing 5 pursuant to this section; 6 (v) the defendant does not have a subsequent criminal charge pending 7 in this state; 8 [(iv)] (vi) the defendant is not currently under the supervision of 9 any probation or parole department [for the conviction eligible for10sealing]; 11 [(v)] (vii) the conviction is not for an offense defined as a sex 12 offense or sexually violent offense under section one hundred sixty- 13 eight-a of the correction law; 14 [(vi)] (viii) the conviction is not for a class A felony offense 15 defined in the penal law, other than class A felony offenses defined in 16 article two hundred twenty of the penal law; 17 [(vii)] (ix) the defendant is a natural person; 18 [(viii)] (x) the defendant does not have a subsequent felony charge 19 pending in another jurisdiction that is not a felony charge related to 20 reproductive or gender affirming care or the possession of cannabis 21 which would not constitute a felony in New York. This subparagraph shall 22 apply if and when appropriate federal authorities grant access to 23 records necessary to query to effectuate the purposes of this subpara- 24 graph in an automated manner; and 25 [(ix)] (xi) the defendant does not have a subsequent felony conviction 26 in another jurisdiction in the preceding eight years that is not a felo- 27 ny conviction related to reproductive or gender affirming care or the 28 possession of cannabis which would not constitute a felony in New York. 29 This subparagraph shall apply if and when appropriate federal authori- 30 ties grant access to records necessary to query to effectuate the 31 purposes of this subparagraph in an automated manner. 32 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.