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A2601 • 2025

Provides for the expungement of syringe convictions

Provides for the expungement of syringe convictions

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Sponsor
Anna Kelles
Last action
2026-05-13
Official status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides for the expungement of syringe convictions

Provides for the expungement of syringe convictions Relates to the expungement of syringe convictions of criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides for the expungement of syringe convictions Relates to the expungement of syringe convictions of criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-13 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED BY S1946

  2. 2026-03-19 Assembly

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.313

  3. 2026-03-17 Assembly

    REPORTED

  4. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

  5. 2025-06-09 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  6. 2025-01-21 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Provides for the expungement of syringe convictions
Relates to the expungement of syringe convictions of criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          2601

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 21, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. KELLES, SEAWRIGHT, SAYEGH, SIMON, STECK, PAULIN,
          GALLAGHER, VANEL, HEVESI, OTIS, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN, CRUZ,  GLICK,
          ROSENTHAL,  BORES,  GIBBS,  TAPIA, BURDICK, LEVENBERG -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the  expunge-
          ment of syringe convictions

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph  (k)  of  subdivision  3  of
     2  section  160.50  of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 92
     3  of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new subparagraph (vii) is added to
     4  read as follows:
     5    (vi) the conviction was for an  offense  defined  in  section  222.10,
     6  222.15, 222.25 or 222.45 of the penal law[.]; OR
     7    (VII)  THE  CONVICTION  WAS  FOR  A VIOLATION OF AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN
     8  FORMER SECTION 220.45 OF THE PENAL LAW PRIOR TO THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF
     9  THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    11  it shall have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00061-01-5