New York A 6382: Authorizes a parent access to retrieve and view text messages on a minor child's telephone

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A06382 Summary:

BILL NOA06382 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORWalker

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COSPNSRBronson, Cruz, Epstein, Glick, Gonzalez-Rojas, Lavine, Reyes

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §4519-b, CPLR; amd §60.47, CP L; amd §§841 & 837, Exec L; add §§49 & 83-o, Leg L

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Relates to the use in evidence of the fact of possession or presence on the premises of condoms and other sexual and reproductive health devices.

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BILL NOA06382 

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03/04/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6382

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER, BRONSON, CRUZ, EPSTEIN, GLICK, GONZALEZ-
 ROJAS, LAVINE, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Codes

 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, the criminal procedure
 law, the executive law, and the legislative law, in relation to the
 use in evidence of the fact of possession or presence on the premises
 of condoms and other sexual and reproductive health devices

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "End crimi-
 2 nalization of condoms act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that promoting
 4 and protecting health and respecting and fulfilling human rights are
 5 necessarily linked, and that health-oriented and rights-based law
 6 enforcement efforts are central to the effective provision of government
 7 services for the benefit of the people of the State. Article 17, section
 8 3 of the New York constitution requires that the legislature protect and
 9 promote the health of the inhabitants of this state as a matter of
 10 public concern. Despite these provisions, for purposes of prosecuting
 11 certain criminal, civil and administrative offenses, reproductive and
 12 sexual health tools, including condoms, are currently being destroyed,
 13 confiscated, or used as evidence by law enforcement officers. This
 14 legislation is intended to strengthen the public health of all New York-
 15 ers, including the most vulnerable, while preserving the ability of law
 16 enforcement to prosecute other crimes such as felony sexual offenses.
 17 The purpose of this bill is to avoid the disparate impact of the prac-
 18 tice of citing condoms and other reproductive and sexual health tools as
 19 evidence upon survivors of trafficking and people who are or are
 20 profiled as being engaged in the sex trades.
 21 § 3. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
 22 section 4519-b to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05234-01-5

 A. 6382 2

 1 § 4519-b. Possession of reproductive or sexual health devices; receipt
 2 into evidence. 1. The fact of possession of a condom or other reproduc-
 3 tive or sexual health device may not be received in evidence in any
 4 trial, hearing or proceeding pursuant to subdivision one of section
 5 twelve and article ten of the multiple dwelling law, sections twelve-a
 6 and twenty-three hundred twenty of the public health law, section two
 7 hundred thirty-one of the real property law or subdivision five of
 8 section seven hundred eleven and section seven hundred fifteen of the
 9 real property actions and proceedings law, or by any law, local law or
 10 ordinance of a political subdivision of this state, or by any word, rule
 11 or regulation of any governmental instrumentality authorized by law to
 12 adopt the same as evidence of prostitution, patronizing a prostitute,
 13 promoting prostitution, permitting prostitution, maintaining a premises
 14 for prostitution, lewdness or assignation, maintaining a bawdy house,
 15 compelling prostitution, or sex trafficking.
 16 2. "Reproductive or sexual health device" shall include any contracep-
 17 tive or other tool used to prevent unwanted pregnancy or the trans-
 18 mission of HIV or other sexually transmitted d