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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5338
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 20, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
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.
LBD07670-01-5
