New York S 770: Relates to certain contact information provided to crime victims

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S00770 Summary:

BILL NOS00770 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00693

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRMURRAY, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §646-a, Exec L (as proposed in S.5502 & A.4199)

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Provides that the contact information for the department of corrections and community supervision and the office of victim assistance shall be provided to crime victims.

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BILL NOS00770 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.44

01/28/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A693

&nbspA00693 AMEND= Stern

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

&nbsp01/13/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/13/2025reported 

&nbsp01/13/2025rules report cal.4

&nbsp01/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.4

&nbsp01/14/2025passed assembly

&nbsp01/14/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/14/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/28/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S770

&nbsp01/28/20253RD READING CAL.44

&nbsp01/28/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/28/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.23

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 770

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to certain contact infor-
 mation provided to crime victims

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1, paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 and paragraph
 2 (b) of subdivision 3 of section 646-a of the executive law, as amended
 3 by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law relating to
 4 certain notifications and the rights of crime victims, as proposed in
 5 legislative bills numbers S. 5502 and A. 4199, are amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 1. The district attorney [or the court] shall provide the victim,
 8 parent or guardian of a minor, or a surviving family member in the case
 9 of homicide, at the time of sentencing or at the earliest time possible,
 10 with an informational pamphlet detailing the rights of crime victims
 11 which shall be prepared by the division of criminal justice services in
 12 consultation with the director of the office of victim services and the
 13 office of victim assistance, and distributed to each district attorney's
 14 office.
 15 (g) the rights of crime victims to be aware of the defendant's incar-
 16 ceration status by providing the [state board of parole's] department of
 17 corrections and community supervision's contact information, including
 18 the [board's] office of victim assistance's toll-free telephone number,
 19 as provided for in subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-nine-i
 20 of this chapter. Such notice shall advise the crime victim to use the
 21 [board's] office of victim assistance's toll-free telephone number to
 22 update contact information;
 23 (b) the address and phone number of the department of corrections and
 24 community supervision's office of victim assistance;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02911-01-5

 S. 770 2

 1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
 2 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law
 3 relating to certain notifications and the rights of crime victims, as
 4 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5502 and A. 4199, takes effect.

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