New York A 7493: Establishes crime of aggravated criminal conduct

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A07493 Summary:

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

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Establishes crime of aggravated criminal conduct to provide more severe penalties for persons who have committed 3 or more qualifying misdemeanors or felonies within ten years of the present class A misdemeanor offense.

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03/28/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7493

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the penal law, in
 relation to aggravated criminal conduct

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

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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10536-01-5

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 1 the person who receives the electronically transmitted document certi-
 2 fies that such document and transmittal memorandum were so received; and
 3 (c) a certified report, form or record or a certified copy or sworn
 4 statement or sworn copy thereof is filed with the court within twenty
 5 days following arraignment upon the indictment; and (d) where such writ-
 6 ten document is a sworn statement or sworn copy thereof of the kind
 7 described in subdivision three of this section, such sworn statement or
 8 sworn copy thereof is also provided to the defendant or [his] such
 9 defendant's counsel within twenty days following arraignment upon the
 10 indictment.
 11 § 3. Subdivision 3-a of section 190.30 of the criminal procedure law,
 12 as added by chapter 453 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
 13 follows:
 14 3-a. A sex offender registration form, sex offender registration
 15 continuation/supplemental form, sex offender registry address verifica-
 16 tion form, sex offender change of address form, criminal history record,
 17 or a copy of such form or record, maintained by the division of criminal
 18 justice services concerning an individual who is the subject of a grand
 19 jury proceeding, may, when certified by a person designated by the
 20 commissioner of the division of criminal justic