New York S 9585: Relates to sexual offense evidence collection kit procedures

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S09585 Summary:

BILL NOS09585 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10542

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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COSPNSRROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2805-i, Pub Health L

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Requires that all sexual offense evidence shall be kept in a locked, separate and secure area for twenty years from the date of collection or until the victim's fortieth birthday, whichever is later; makes other sexual offense evidence collection kit procedures.

Go to top S09585 Actions:

BILL NOS09585 

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03/26/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/07/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

04/07/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.689

04/07/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10542

&nbspA10542 AMEND= Paulin

&nbsp03/11/2026referred to health

&nbsp03/17/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp03/26/2026reported 

&nbsp03/26/2026advanced to third reading cal.341

&nbsp03/30/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/30/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/30/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

&nbsp04/07/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9585

&nbsp04/07/20263RD READING CAL.689

&nbsp04/07/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/05/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp06/05/2026signed chap.125

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Go to topS09585 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9585

 IN SENATE

 March 26, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to sexual offense
 evidence collection kit procedures

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (c), (f), (i) and (j) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 2805-i of the public health law, as amended by section 1 of part
 3 II of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, paragraph (j) as amended by
 4 section 1 of part II of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, are amended and
 5 a new paragraph (k) is added to read as follows:
 6 (a) All sexual offense evidence shall be kept in a locked, separate
 7 and secure area for twenty years from the date of collection or until
 8 the victim's fortieth birthday, whichever is later; provided that such
 9 evidence shall be transferred to a new location(s) pursuant to this
 10 subdivision.
 11 (c) Upon collection, the hospital shall notify the alleged sexual
 12 offense victim that, after twenty years or until the victim's fortieth
 13 birthday, whichever is later, the sexual offense evidence will be
 14 discarded in compliance with state and local health codes and that the
 15 alleged sexual offense victim's clothes or personal effects will be
 16 returned to the alleged sexual offense victim at any time upon request.
 17 The alleged sexual offense victim shall be given the option of providing
 18 contact information for purposes of receiving notice of the planned
 19 destruction of such evidence after the expiration of the twenty-year
 20 period or until the victim's fortieth birthday, whichever is later.
 21 (f) Between thirty and ten days prior to the transfer of sexual
 22 offense evidence to the office of victim services, hospitals shall make
 23 diligent efforts to notify the alleged sexual offense victim of the
 24 transfer of custody for the remainder of the twenty-year storage period
 25 or until the victim's fortieth birthday, whichever is later.
 26 (i) At least ninety days prior to the expiration of the twenty-year
 27 storage period for any sexual offense evidence or until the victim's
 28 fortieth birthday, whichever is later, the office of victim services

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15189-01-6

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 1 shall make diligent efforts to contact the alleged sexual offense victim
 2 to notify the alleged sexual offense victim that the sexual offense
 3 evidence will be discarded in compliance with state and local health
 4 codes and that the alleged sexual offense victim's clothes and personal
 5 effects will be returned to the alleged sexual offense victim upon
 6 request.
 7 (j) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, sexual
 8 offense evide