What's happening
This bill expands privacy protections for under-18 victims of sex offenses or HIV transmission, making their characteristics and relationships confidential.
Why it matters
Expands confidentiality beyond just the victim’s name. to also include any characteristics (like age, gender, and address) of under-18 victims, which limits the information that could indirectly reveal a victim’s identity or make them vulnerable to further harm.
Recognizes the added sensitivity of family relationships in these cases. by specifically making the relationship between the victim and the accused confidential if the victim is under 18, addressing situations where disclosure could expose family dynamics or facilitate retaliation.
Tightens access to official documents. by ensuring that no public officer or employee can release any report, file, or document that includes these protected details, which strengthens privacy protections in both law enforcement and court records for minors involved in such crimes.
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Protect Young Victims' Privacy
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2603
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, BARCLAY, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, KOLB, OAKS -read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to protecting the right of privacy of victims of sex offenses or offenses involving the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus, under the age of eighteen, by prohibiting the disclosure of certain characteristics
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 50-b of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
1. The identity of any victim of a sex offense, as defined in article one hundred thirty or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law, or of an offense involving the alleged transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus, shall be confidential. Any characteristic of a person under the age of eighteen including, but not limited to, age or gender and such person's address shall be confidential. Additionally, if a victim is under the age of eighteen and is related to the accused, the relation shall be confidential. No report, paper, picture, photograph, court file or other documents, in the custody or possession of any public officer or employee, which identifies such a victim shall be made available for public inspection. No such public officer or employee shall disclose any portion of any police report, court file, or other document, which tends to identify such a victim except as provided in subdivision two of this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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LBD04489-01-7
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