Bill Text: NY A06779 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the offense of official misconduct by release of a sealed record and makes such offense a class A misdemeanor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A06779 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06779-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 4673 A. 6779 2019-2020 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY March 20, 2019 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. RICHARDSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense of official misconduct by release of a sealed record The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 195.01 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 195.01 Official misconduct by release of a sealed record. 4 A person is guilty of official misconduct by release of a sealed 5 record when, being a person defined in or employed by an agency defined 6 in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of paragraph (d) of 7 subdivision one of section 160.50, 160.55, 160.58 or 160.59 of the crim- 8 inal procedure law, he or she intentionally releases, disseminates, 9 publishes or otherwise shares a record that has been sealed pursuant to 10 section 160.50, 160.55, 160.58 or 160.59 of the criminal procedure law, 11 except as provided for in such sections. 12 Official misconduct by release of a sealed record is a class A misde- 13 meanor. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10573-01-9