Assembly Bill A2277

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Repeals section 160.58 of the criminal procedure law which requires the sealing of the conviction records of persons who have completed a drug treatment program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A2277 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2507
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §160.58, CP L; amd §296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8911, S5684
2011-2012: A6067, S1992
2015-2016: A4157, S1470
2017-2018: A2334, S2994
2019-2020: A4718

2013-A2277 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Repeals provisions requiring the sealing of the conviction records of persons who have completed a judicial diversion program or a drug treatment alternative to prison.

2013-A2277 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2277

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MALLIOTAKIS, MONTESANO, DUPREY, CROUCH, McDO-
  NOUGH, McKEVITT, FINCH -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
  Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in relation to inquiries about
  certain sealed convictions; and to repeal section 160.58 of the crimi-
  nal  procedure  law  relating  to  conditional  sealing   of   certain
  controlled substances, marihuana or specified offense convictions

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 160.58 of the criminal procedure law is REPEALED.
  S 2. Subdivision 16 of section 296 of the executive law, as separately
amended by section 3 of part N and section 14 of part AAA of chapter  56
of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  16.  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice, unless specif-
ically required or permitted by statute, for any person, agency, bureau,
corporation or association, including the state and any political subdi-
vision thereof, to make any inquiry about, whether in any form of appli-
cation or  otherwise,  or  to  act  upon  adversely  to  the  individual
involved,  any arrest or criminal accusation of such individual not then
pending against that individual which was followed by a  termination  of
that  criminal  action  or  proceeding  in  favor of such individual, as
defined in subdivision two of section 160.50 of the  criminal  procedure
law,  or  by a youthful offender adjudication, as defined in subdivision
one of section 720.35 of the criminal procedure law, or by a  conviction
for a violation sealed pursuant to section 160.55 of the criminal proce-
dure  law [or by a conviction which is sealed pursuant to section 160.58
of the criminal  procedure  law],  in  connection  with  the  licensing,
employment  or  providing  of  credit  or  insurance to such individual;
provided, further, that no person shall be required to divulge  informa-
tion  pertaining to any arrest or criminal accusation of such individual

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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