Bill Text: NY S02840 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempts statements of victims and witnesses relating to sexual abuse or misconduct from disclosure under FOIL provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02840 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02840-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2840 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to exempting certain statements relating to sexual abuse or misconduct from disclo- sure The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public 2 officers law, as added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (e) are compiled for law enforcement purposes and which, if disclosed, 5 would: 6 i. interfere with law enforcement investigations or judicial 7 proceedings; 8 ii. deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial adjudi- 9 cation; 10 iii. identify a confidential source or disclose confidential informa- 11 tion relating to a criminal investigation; [or] 12 iv. reveal criminal investigative techniques or procedures, except 13 routine techniques and procedures; or 14 v. reveal any statement made by a witness or victim relating to sexual 15 abuse or misconduct; 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04606-01-9