STATE OF NEW YORK
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4001
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 31, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to criminal history
record searches and open warrants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 845-f
2 to read as follows:
3 § 845-f. Criminal history record searches; open warrants. 1. When a
4 criminal record maintained by the division, pursuant to subdivision six
5 of section eight hundred thirty-seven of this article, contains a
6 warrant that has not been recalled and the division has subsequently
7 received a report of a new court proceeding on the case that contains
8 the warrant but no report that the warrant has been recalled, all refer-
9 ences to such a warrant contained in the criminal history record shall
10 be excluded from such report.
11 2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply
12 to criminal history record information (a) provided by the division to
13 qualified agencies pursuant to subdivision six of section eight hundred
14 thirty-seven of this article or to federal or state law enforcement
15 agencies for criminal justice purposes; (b) prepared solely for a bona
16 fide research purpose; or (c) prepared for the internal recordkeeping or
17 case management purposes of the division.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07132-01-5
