NY A10542 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly

New York Assembly Bill 10542

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Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Engrossed on March 30 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-03-30 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Pending: Senate Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Requires that all sexual offense evidence shall be kept in a locked, separate and secure area for twenty years from the date of collection or until the victim's fortieth birthday, whichever is later; makes other sexual offense evidence collection kit procedures.
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Title

Requires that all sexual offense evidence shall be kept in a locked, separate and secure area for twenty years from the date of collection or until the victim's fortieth birthday, whichever is later; makes other sexual offense evidence collection kit procedures.

Sponsors

| Asm. Amy Paulin [D] | Asm. Andrew Hevesi [D] |

Roll Calls

2026-03-26 - Assembly - Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable (Y: 31 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-03-17 - Assembly - Assembly Health Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

| Date | Chamber | Action |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
| 2026-03-30 | Assembly | delivered to senate |
| 2026-03-30 | Assembly | passed assembly |
| 2026-03-26 | Assembly | advanced to third reading cal.341 |
| 2026-03-26 | Assembly | reported |
| 2026-03-17 | Assembly | reported referred to ways and means |
| 2026-03-11 | Assembly | referred to health |

Same As/Similar To

S09585 (Same As) 2026-03-26 - REFERRED TO HEALTH

New York State Sources

| Type | Source |
| --- | --- |
| Summary | https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10542 |
| Text | https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A10542&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A10542 |
| Roll Call | https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A10542&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AC1 |
| Roll Call | https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A10542&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AC2 |

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