New York S 9928: Relates to the rights of sexual assault survivors during the investigative process

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S09928 Summary:

BILL NOS09928A

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SAME ASSAME AS A11064-A

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRMURRAY, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§642 & 840, add §637, Exec L

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Relates to the rights of sexual assault survivors during the investigative process; establishes a task force to study and assess sexual assault survivors' rights and services.

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BILL NOS09928A

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04/16/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.930

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/26/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 9928A

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9928--A
 Cal. No. 930

 IN SENATE

 April 16, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, MURRAY, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime
 Victims, Crime and Correction -- reported favorably from said commit-
 tee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading,
 amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
 third reading

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the rights of sexual
 assault survivors during the investigative process and establishing a
 task force to study and assess sexual assault survivors' rights and
 services

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

 1 Section 1. Section 642 of the executive law, as added by chapter 94 of
 2 the laws of 1984, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 193 of the laws of
 3 2006, subdivision 2-a as amended by chapter 301 by the laws of the 1991,
 4 paragraph (a) of subdivision 2-a as amended by chapter 320 of the laws
 5 of 2006, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 893 of the laws of 1986,
 6 subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 263 of the laws of 1986 and subdivi-
 7 sion 6 as added by chapter 468 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read
 8 as follows:
 9 § 642. Criteria for fair treatment standards. Such fair treatment
 10 standards shall provide that:
 11 1. The victim of a violent felony offense, a felony involving physical
 12 injury to the victim, a felony involving property loss or damage in
 13 excess of two hundred fifty dollars, a felony involving attempted or
 14 threatened physical injury or property loss or damage in excess of two
 15 hundred fifty dollars or a felony involving larceny against the person
 16 shall, unless [he or she] the victim refuses or is unable to cooperate
 17 or [his or her] the victim's whereabouts are unknown, be consulted by
 18 the district attorney in order to obtain the views of the victim regard-
 19 ing disposition of the criminal case by dismissal, plea of guilty or
 20 trial. In such a case in which the victim is a minor child, or in the
 21 case of a homicide, the district attorney shall, unless the family
 22 refuses or is unable to cooperate or [his, her or their] the victim's

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15154-05-6

 S. 9928--A 2

 1 whereabouts are unknown, consult for such purpose with the family of the
 2 victim. In addition, the district attorney shall, unless [he or she] the
 3 victim's (or, in the case in which the victim is a minor child or a
 4 victim of homicide, [his or her] the victim's family) refuses or is
 5 unable to cooperate or [his, her or their] the victim's whereabouts are
 6 unknown, consult and obtain the views of the victim or family of the
 7 victim, as appropriate, concerning the release of the defendant in the
 8 victim's case pending judicial proceedings upon an indictment, and
 9 concerning the availability of sentencing alternatives such as community
 10 supervision and restitution from the defendant. The failure of the
 11 district attorney to so obtain the views of the victim or family of the
 12 victim shall not be cause for delaying the proceedings against the
 13 defendant nor shall it affect the validity of a conviction, judgment or
 14 order.
 15 2. The victims and