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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 340: Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent misdemeanor or nonsexual misdemeanor criminal offenses

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 340 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent misdemeanor or nonsexual misdemeanor criminal offenses. Primary sponsor: Jamaal Bailey (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent misdemeanor or non-sexual misdemeanor criminal offenses; defines the term "eligible misdemeanor"; excludes certain misdemeanor offenses as eligible misdemeanors for the purposes of conditional sealing; lists certain eligibility requirements for sealing; provides an order granting sealing under this section shall restore the individual concerned, in the contemplation of the laws, to the status such individual occupied before the arrest or institution of criminal proceedings for the crime that was the subject of the sealing.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Democratic/Working Families 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jamaal BaileyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Liz KruegerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate28
Kevin ParkerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
James SandersCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source