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NY A 4491

in committee

Relates to comparing fingerprints of a defendant against the statewide database

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 4491 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4491 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY A 4491 about?

Authorizes a court to order the division of criminal justice services to compare fingerprints of the defendant against the statewide database.

Who sponsors NY A 4491?

Charles Lavine is the primary sponsor of NY A 4491, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Authorizes a court to order the division of criminal justice services to compare fingerprints of the defendant against the statewide database.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Charles Lavineprimary
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Phil Steckcosponsor
  • MaryJane Shimskycosponsor
  • Jen Lunsfordcosponsor
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor
  • David McDonoughcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 2726not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2519not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2608not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1213not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6915not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 10269not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5095not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 7872

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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