Provides that upon motion and after an opportunity to be heard, a court may order the defendant in a family offense proceeding to turn control of a connected device over to a family or household member or, if that is not possible, to have such connected device disabled by the manufacturer.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3592
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to transferring
control of a defendant's connected devices in a family offense
proceeding
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 8 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
2 530.12 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new clause
3 (C) to read as follows:
4 (C) Upon motion and after an opportunity to be heard, the court may
5 order the defendant to turn control of a connected device over to a
6 family or household member or, if that is not possible, to have such
7 connected device disabled by the manufacturer.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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