Bill Text: NY S00644 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders; requires a defendant to provide proof of attendance of such counseling upon request of the court.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00644 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00644-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         644--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring counseling for
          certain domestic violence offenders

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

     1    Section  1.  Section 65.10 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. Conditions for domestic violence cases. When imposing a sentence of
     4  probation for a crime or offense involving domestic violence, the  court
     5  shall  require,  in addition to any other conditions imposed pursuant to
     6  this section, the defendant  to  receive  professional  counseling  from
     7  either  a  private  source  or  a  source appointed by the court, but in
     8  either case, such counseling shall be conducted  by  a  person  who  has
     9  demonstrated  expertise  in  individual or group domestic violence coun-
    10  seling, where the court determines that such counseling  is  appropriate
    11  and available.  Upon the request of the court, a defendant shall provide
    12  proof of attendance of such counseling.
    13    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05183-03-1