---
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).