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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

A04962 Relates to establishing an automatic expunction system for certain records including unconstitutional stops that occurred between January two thousand four and June two thousand twelve by the New York city police department that either resulted in the completion of a UF-250 form or a Form 61 complaint in which the SQF section was completed and led to arrests for either resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, criminal possession of a weapon, and offenses involving marihuana.

Direction

Firearms otherAI label

Expands gun access model confidence 80%

Establishes automatic expunction of records for arrests including those for criminal possession of a weapon that stemmed from unconstitutional stops and frisks between 2004 and 2012.

Such expunction shall include but not be limited to any convictions and all records pertaining to such stop including UF-250 form information, any and all records of arrest, investigation including computer data-bases, and records of detention pursuant to such voidable stop and/or qualified arrest, fingerprints, photographs, DNA samples, physical meas-urements, or any other record of identification.

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Immigration enforcement otherAI label

Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 60%

Establishes automatic expunction of records for arrests including those for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct that stemmed from unconstitutional stops and frisks between 2004 and 2012.

The legislature finds that any records associated with such unconstitutional stops, frisks and arrests shall be automatically expunged and notification shall be made to such individ-uals of such expunction.

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-01-07: referred to codes
Filed
2025-02-10
Committee
Codes
Sponsor
Stefani Zinerman D

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates an automatic expunction system for records of certain NYPD stops, frisks, and resulting arrests (including for criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and marijuana offenses) found unconstitutional in Floyd v. City of New York. This removes barriers from criminal records for affected individuals, expanding access under the firearms topic (by clearing weapon-possession records) and under immigration-enforcement (by clearing records that could affect enforcement actions or status). No other listed topics are substantively addressed.

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History (2 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-01-07Areferred to codes
2025-02-10Areferred to codes