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NY S03040
Bill
Status
1/23/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
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AI Summary
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Automatically vacates, dismisses, and expunges all convictions under former Penal Law section 240.37 (loitering for the purpose of prostitution), which was repealed effective February 1, 2021
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Requires all existing conviction records to be expunged within one year of the law's effective date, with records marked as expunged and made unavailable to anyone except the individual or their designated agent
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Mandates the chief administrator of the courts notify the Division of Criminal Justice Services, police departments, and district attorneys of all vacated convictions for record expungement
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Directs the Office of Court Administration and Division of Criminal Justice Services to conduct a public information campaign in multiple languages about the automatic expungement and how individuals can verify their records have been cleared
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Updates Criminal Procedure Law section 170.80 to remove references to "loitering for the purposes of prostitution" since the offense no longer exists in law
Legislative Description
Relates to the former crime of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense; expunges criminal records for persons previously convicted of such crime; directs the chief administrator of the courts to provide information regarding such expungement; adds language to identify that the crime of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense is no longer in law.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/23/2025