Bill Text: NY A07748 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing registration records of victims of sexual violence to be kept confidential in certain cases.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-3)

Status: (Passed) 2022-10-18 - signed chap.575 [A07748 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07748-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7748--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 21, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. THIELE, CAHILL, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, MAGNARELLI,
          McDONOUGH, OTIS, STECK, ZEBROWSKI, PAULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
          of  A.  ABBATE, AUBRY, BARCLAY, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, J. M. GIGLIO -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Election Law --  recommitted  to
          the Committee on Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.
          2  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  authorizing  registra-
          tion  records of victims of sexual violence to be kept confidential in
          certain cases

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 5-508 of the
     2  election law, as amended by chapter 521 of the laws of 2021, is  amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (a)  A  victim of domestic violence or any person who is a victim of a
     5  crime defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law may deliver
     6  to the board of elections, in the county wherein such victim of domestic
     7  violence or victim of a crime defined in article one hundred  thirty  of
     8  the penal law is registered or intends to be registered pursuant to this
     9  article,  in  person  or by mail, a signed written statement swearing or
    10  affirming:
    11    (i) that such person is the victim of domestic violence or victim of a
    12  crime defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law; and
    13    (ii) that because of the threat of physical or emotional harm to them-
    14  self or to family or household members, such  person  wishes  for  their
    15  registration record to be kept confidential.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    17  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    18  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    19  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
    20  before such date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06943-02-2