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Relates to the method of notifying certain crime victims of the disposition of criminal trial, the official text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   8763
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the method of
   notifying certain crime victims of the disposition of criminal trial
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (g)  of subdivision 2 of section 380.50 of the
 criminal procedure law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amend-
 ing the criminal procedure  law  relating  to  notifying  certain  crime
 victims of the disposition of criminal trial, as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S. 7546 and A. 6332-A, is amended to read as follows:
   (g)  Following  the  acquittal  after  trial  or the sentencing of any
 defendant for a felony, the district attorney, or their designee,  shall
 [mail]  PROVIDE  a  written summary of the disposition of such felony to
 any victim who was not present at the time such defendant was  sentenced
 or  acquitted  after  trial.   SUCH WRITTEN SUMMARY SHALL BE PROVIDED BY
 MAIL, ELECTRONICALLY, OR BY ANY OTHER REASONABLE  AND  SECURE  MEANS  OF
 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the criminal  procedure
 law  relating  to  notifying certain crime victims of the disposition of
 criminal trial, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7546 and  A.
 6332-A, takes effect.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09461-04-6
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