New York S 1206: Relates to ensuring privacy protections for all emergency personnel present at a crime scene

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S01206 Summary:

BILL NOS01206 

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, GALLIVAN, GRIFFO, HELMING, MATTERA, O'MARA, ORTT, STEC

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Amd §§245.20 & 245.70, CP L

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Ensures privacy protections for all emergency personnel present at a crime scene including ambulance services or advanced life support first response services, certified first responders, firefighters, emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians, who are employed by or enrolled members of any such service.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1206

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, BORRELLO, GALLIVAN, GRIFFO, HELMING, MATT-
 ERA, O'MARA, ORTT, STEC -- 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 ensuring
 privacy protections for all emergency personnel present at a crime
 scene

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 245.20 of the
 2 criminal procedure law, as amended by section 2 of part HHH of chapter
 3 59 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (c) The names and adequate contact information for all persons other
 5 than law enforcement personnel, ambulance services or advanced life
 6 support first response services, certified first responders, firefight-
 7 ers, emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical techni-
 8 cians, who are employed by or enrolled members of any such service, whom
 9 the prosecutor knows to have evidence or information relevant to any
 10 offense charged or to any potential defense thereto, including a desig-
 11 nation by the prosecutor as to which of those persons may be called as
 12 witnesses. Nothing in this paragraph shall require the disclosure of
 13 physical addresses; provided, however, upon a motion and good cause
 14 shown the court may direct the disclosure of a physical address. Infor-
 15 mation under this subdivision relating to the identity of a 911 caller,
 16 the victim or witness of an offense defined under article one hundred
 17 thirty or section 230.34 or 230.34-a of the penal law, any other victim
 18 or witness of a crime where the defendant has substantiated affiliation
 19 with a criminal enterprise as defined in subdivision three of section
 20 460.10 of the penal law, or a confidential informant may be withheld,
 21 and redacted from discovery materials, without need for a motion pursu-
 22 ant to section 245.70 of this article; but the prosecution shall notify

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03539-01-5

 S. 1206 2

 1 the defendant in writing that such information has not been disclosed,
 2 unless the court rules otherwise for good cause shown.
 3 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 245.70 of the criminal procedure law, as
 4 added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 4. Showing of good cause. In determining good cause under this section
 7 the court may consider: constitutional rights or limitations; danger to
 8 the integrity of physical evidence or the safety of a witness; risk of
 9 intimidation, economic reprisal, bribery, harassment or unjustified
 10 annoyance or embarrassment to any person, and the nature, severity and
 11 likelihood of that risk; a risk of an adverse effect upon the legitimate
 12 needs of law enforcement, ambulance services or advanced life support
 13 first response services, certified first responders, firefighters, emer-
 14 gency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians, who
 15 are employed by or enrolled members of any such service, including the
 16 protection of the confidentiality of informants, and the nature, severi-
 17 ty an