New York S 630: Requires victims be notified of right to make a victim impact statement and allows them to personally appear at parole hearings and make such a statement

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S00630 Summary:

BILL NOS00630 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00059

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSRMURRAY, RHOADS, ROLISON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §440.50, CP L

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Requires the district attorney to notify victims by letter of the final disposition of the case within sixty days of such disposition in cases where such final disposition includes a conviction; provides such letter shall also notify victims of their right to make a victim impact statement; allows them to personally appear at parole hearings and make such a statement.

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BILL NOS00630 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

02/24/20251ST REPORT CAL.358

02/25/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/08/2025PASSED SENATE

04/08/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/08/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.366

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/16/2026PASSED SENATE

03/16/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/16/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 630

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring
 victims be informed of their right to make a victim impact statement
 to the division of parole and to appear at parole hearings

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 440.50 of the criminal procedure
 2 law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 1. [Upon the request of a victim of a crime, or in any event in all
 5 cases in which the final disposition includes a conviction of a violent
 6 felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law, a felony
 7 defined in article one hundred twenty-five of such law, or a felony
 8 defined in article one hundred thirty of such law, the] In all cases in
 9 which the final disposition includes a conviction, the district attorney
 10 shall, within sixty days of [the] such final disposition [of the case],
 11 inform the victim by letter of such [final disposition] conviction. If
 12 such final disposition results in the commitment of the defendant to the
 13 custody of the department of corrections and community supervision for
 14 an indeterminate sentence, the notice provided to the crime victim shall
 15 also inform the victim of [his or her] such victim's right to submit a
 16 written, audiotaped, or videotaped victim impact statement to the
 17 department of corrections and community supervision or to meet
 18 personally with a member of the state board of parole at a time and
 19 place separate from the personal interview between a member or members
 20 of the board and the incarcerated individual and make such a statement,
 21 subject to procedures and limitations contained in rules of the board,
 22 both pursuant to subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-nine-i of
 23 the executive law. A copy of such letter shall be provided to the board

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00002-01-5

 S. 630 2

 1 of parole. The right of the victim under this subdivision to submit a
 2 written victim impact statement or to meet personally with a member of
 3 the state board of parole applies to each personal interview between a
 4 member or members of the board and the incarcerated individual. The
 5 victim shall also be informed of their right to voluntarily appear at
 6 the incarcerated individual's personal interview and make a statement
 7 before the board of parole while such individual is present.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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