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NY S04759

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jamaal Bailey

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires the Division of Criminal Justice Services to exclude "undisposed cases" from criminal history record reports, defined as cases with no conviction, sentence, or final disposition recorded and no activity for at least five years

  • Directs the Office of Court Administration to adopt measures ensuring its criminal history searches also exclude information on undisposed cases meeting the same five-year inactivity threshold

  • Exempts from the exclusion requirement: reports provided to law enforcement for criminal justice purposes, reports prepared for bona fide research, and internal recordkeeping or case management purposes

  • Does not permit or require release of criminal history information that has been sealed in accordance with law

  • Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with the Division of Criminal Justice Services required to update records regarding cases lacking final disposition reports before that date

Legislative Description

Provides that when the division of criminal justice services conducts a search of its criminal history records and returns a report thereon, all references to undisposed cases shall be excluded.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CODES

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Codes2/12/2025

Full Bill Text

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