New York S 1412: Enacts the "chronic criminal act"

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S01412 Summary:

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Amd §§180.60 & 190.30, CP L; add §240.80, Pen L

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Enacts the "chronic criminal act"; establishes the crime of aggravated criminal conduct.

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1412

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the penal law, in
 relation to enacting the "chronic criminal act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "chronic criminal act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 180.60 of the criminal procedure law, as
 4 amended by chapter 307 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 8. Upon such a hearing, only non-hearsay evidence is admissible to
 7 demonstrate reasonable cause to believe that the defendant committed a
 8 felony; except that reports of experts and technicians in professional
 9 and scientific fields and sworn statements, forms or records of the
 10 kinds specified in subdivisions two [and], three and three-a of section
 11 190.30 of this part are admissible to the same extent as in a grand jury
 12 proceeding, unless the court determines, upon application of the defend-
 13 ant, that such hearsay evidence is, under the particular circumstances
 14 of the case, not sufficiently reliable, in which case the court shall
 15 require that the witness testify in person and be subject to cross-exa-
 16 mination.
 17 § 3. Subdivision 2-a of section 190.30 of the criminal procedure law,
 18 as amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
 19 follows:
 20 2-a. When the electronic transmission of a certified report, form or
 21 record, or certified copy thereof, of the kind described in subdivision
 22 two or three-a of this section or a sworn statement or copy thereof, of
 23 the kind described in subdivision three of this section results in a
 24 written document, such written document may be received in such grand
 25 jury proceeding provided that: (a) a transmittal memorandum completed by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03532-01-5

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 1 the person sending the report, form or record contains a certification
 2 that the report, form or record has not been altered and a description
 3 of the report, form or record specifying the number of pages; and (b)
 4 the person who receives the electronically transmitted document certi-
 5 fies that such document and transmittal memorandum were so received; and
 6 (c) a certified report, form or record or a certified copy or sworn
 7 statement or sworn copy thereof is filed with the court within twenty
 8 days following arraignment upon the indictment; and (d) where such writ-
 9 ten document is a sworn statement or sworn copy thereof of the kind
 10 described in subdivision three of this section, such sworn statement or
 11 sworn copy thereof is also provided to the defendant or [his] the
 12 defendant's counsel within twenty days following arraignment upon the
 13 indictment.
 14 § 4. Subdivision 3-a of section 190.30 of the criminal procedure law,
 15 as added by chapter 453 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
 16 follows:
 17 3-a. A sex offender registration form, sex offender registration
 18 continuation/supplemental form, sex offender registry address verifica-
 19 tion form, sex offender change of address form, criminal history record,
 20 or a copy of such form or record, maintained by the division of criminal
 21 justice services concerning an individual who is the subject of a grand
 22 jury proceeding, may, when certified by a person designated by the
 23 commissioner of t