STATE OF NEW YORK
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9906
IN SENATE
April 13, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- (at request of the State Comptroller) --
read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the avail-
ability of certain records
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 160.50 of the
2 criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 449 of the laws of 2015,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 (d) such records shall be made available to the person accused or to
5 such person's designated agent, and shall be made available to (i) a
6 prosecutor in any proceeding in which the accused has moved for an order
7 pursuant to section 170.56 or 210.46 of this chapter, or (ii) a law
8 enforcement agency upon ex parte motion in any superior court, or in any
9 district court, city court or the criminal court of the city of New York
10 provided that such court sealed the record, if such agency demonstrates
11 to the satisfaction of the court that justice requires that such records
12 be made available to it, or (iii) any state or local officer or agency
13 with responsibility for the issuance of licenses to possess guns, when
14 the accused has made application for such a license, or (iv) the New
15 York state department of corrections and community supervision when the
16 accused is on parole supervision as a result of conditional release or a
17 parole release granted by the New York state board of parole, and the
18 arrest which is the subject of the inquiry is one which occurred while
19 the accused was under such supervision, or (v) any prospective employer
20 of a police officer or peace officer as those terms are defined in
21 subdivisions thirty-three and thirty-four of section 1.20 of this chap-
22 ter, in relation to an application for employment as a police officer or
23 peace officer; provided, however, that every person who is an applicant
24 for the position of police officer or peace officer shall be furnished
25 with a copy of all records obtained under this paragraph and afforded an
26 opportunity to make an explanation thereto, or (vi) the probation
27 department responsible for supervision of the accused when the arrest
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 which is the subject of the inquiry is one which occurred while the
2 accused was under such supervision, or (vii) the office of the New York
3 state comptroller for purposes of an examination pursuant to article
4 three of the general municipal law; and
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
