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S02194 Summary:

BILL NO	S02194
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	BAILEY
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §381.4, Fam Ct Act; amd §195.00, Pen L
Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records; makes such official misconduct a class A misdemeanor.

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S02194 Actions:

BILL NO	S02194
01/23/2019	REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
01/08/2020	REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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S02194 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2194
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 23, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
        AN ACT to amend the family court act and the penal law, in  relation  to
          prohibiting public officials from unsealing juvenile police records

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The family court act is amended by  adding  a  new  section
     2  381.4 to read as follows:
     3    §  381.4.  Prohibition  of  public officials to unseal police records.
     4  Unless authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction, the  release  by
     5  an appointed or elected public official or an employee who is a caretak-
     6  er  of  juvenile  offender records or other court records that have been
     7  sealed pursuant to this article is prohibited.
     8    § 2. Section 195.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
     9  vision 3 to read as follows:
    10    3. He or she is an appointed or elected public official  or  a  public
    11  employee  who  is  the  caretaker  of juvenile offender records or other
    12  court records that have been sealed pursuant to law, and he or she know-
    13  ingly releases such sealed juvenile  offender  records  or  other  court
    14  records without authorization by an order of a court of competent juris-
    15  diction.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05416-01-9

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