Provides for the expungement of syringe convictions

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          1946

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 14, 2025
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA,  BRISPORT,  FERNANDEZ, HARCKHAM, JACKSON,
          SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed 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.
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