S 8628: Requires notification of victims of crime, including sexual offenses, about the address confidentiality program.
What S 8628 does, verified April 30, 2026
The bill aims to provide notification to victims of crime and sexual offense victims about the address confidentiality program. It requires that crime victims receive information related to the program, established to protect victims' identities. The bill also notifies victims of their right to report the offense to law enforcement and provides them with information about the program. The notification must be provided by the prosecutorial agency with jurisdiction over the case. The information provided must include the victim's right to report the offense to law enforcement and details about the address confidentiality program. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-04-28)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8628
- What is the current status of S 8628?
- As of April 30, 2026, S 8628 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on April 28, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
- Did S 8628 pass?
- Not yet. S 8628 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
- Who wrote S 8628, and where is it now?
- S 8628 was authored by Sen. Julia Salazar with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations. It is filed under EXC, alongside 143 other New York EXC bills this session.
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| Apr. 28, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Apr. 28, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Apr. 28, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| Mar. 04, 2026 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| Feb. 26, 2026 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, December 22, 2025 · 286 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8628 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE December 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation to providing notification to victims of crime and sexual offense victims about the address confidentiality program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 641 of the executive law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Ensure that crime victims receive notification of information 4 related to the address confidentiality program established pursuant to 5 section one hundred eight of this chapter. 6 § 2. Subparagraphs 7 and 8 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of 7 section 2805-i of the public health law, as added by chapter 407 of the 8 laws of 2018, are amended and a new subparagraph 9 is added to read as 9 follows: 10 (7) be notified by the prosecutorial agency with jurisdiction of judi- 11 cial proceedings relating to their case in accordance with article twen- 12 ty-three of the executive law; [and] 13 (8) decide whether or not the victim wishes to report the offense to 14 law enforcement[.]; and 15 (9) receive information related to the address confidentiality program 16 established pursuant to section one hundred eight of the executive law. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13753-03-5
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