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legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/a-10542.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to sexual offense evidence collection kit procedures"
+description: "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."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 10542"
+citation: "New York A 10542 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-11"
+last_action: "2026-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/affe150b-bf15-4240-817c-8513ef2df60a"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10542"
+source_hash: "cc6e9cf164d3268c94a21317a37fac7f1e520c856aef2bc5eb8aa47d7e8fc473"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 10542 (2025-2026) — Relates to sexual offense evidence collection kit procedures
+
+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.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A10542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10542&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **54–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-11** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** REPORTED
+- **2026-03-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.341
+- **2026-03-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2026-03-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2026-03-30** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9585
+- **2026-04-07** 3RD READING CAL.689
+- **2026-04-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2026-04-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2026-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-05** SIGNED CHAP.125 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/affe150b-bf15-4240-817c-8513ef2df60a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+