New York Senate Bill 1708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-06-04 - PRINT NUMBER 1708B
Pending: Senate Codes Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses; defines the term "eligible misdemeanor" to mean a misdemeanor that does not have as an element of the offense the use of a weapon or violence and which did not actually involve violence in its commission; defines the term, "nonsexual misdemeanor" to mean a misdemeanor under article 130 or 163 of the penal law or any offense that would require the offender to register as a sex offender under article 6-c of the correction law; provides an order granting sealing under this section shall restore the individual concerned, in the contemplation of the law, to the status such individual occupied before the arrest or institution of criminal proceedings for the crime that was the subject of the sealing.

Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses; defines the term "eligible misdemeanor" to mean a misdemeanor that does not have as an element of the offense the use of a weapon or violence and which did not actually involve violence in its commission; defines the term, "nonsexual misdemeanor" to mean a misdemeanor under article 130 or 163 of the penal law or any offense that would require the offender to register as a sex offender under article 6-c of the correction law; provides an order granting sealing under this section shall restore the individual concerned, in the contemplation of the law, to the status such individual occupied before the arrest or institution of criminal proceedings for the crime that was the subject of the sealing.

Sen. Joseph Addabbo [D]	Sen. Ruben Diaz [D]	Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson [D]	Sen. Velmanette Montgomery [D]
Sen. John Sampson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-06-04		PRINT NUMBER 1708B
2010-06-04		AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
2010-03-24		PRINT NUMBER 1708A
2010-03-24		AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
2010-01-06		REFERRED TO CODES
2009-02-05		REFERRED TO CODES

A6065 (Same As) 2010-06-09 - print number 6065b

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01708&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01708&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S01708B