Assembly Bill A4587

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits law enforcement agencies from releasing level one sex offender information to the general public over the internet

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A4587 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-b, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7560
2011-2012: A7289
2015-2016: A2491
2017-2018: A4043
2019-2020: A4404

2013-A4587 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits law enforcement agencies from releasing level one sex offender information to the general public over the internet.

2013-A4587 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4587

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, AUBRY -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction law, in relation to the sex offender
  registration act and prohibiting the release of level one  sex  offen-
  ders over the internet to the general public

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph e of  subdivision  2  of  section  168-b  of  the
correction  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  645  of the laws of 2005, is
amended to read as follows:
  e. The division shall require that  no  information  included  in  the
registry  shall  be  made  available  except  in  the furtherance of the
provisions of this article, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  PROHIBITING
LAW  ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM RELEASING INFORMATION ABOUT LEVEL ONE SEX
OFFENDERS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OVER THE INTERNET, AS PROVIDED BY  PARA-
GRAPH  (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-L OF
THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06257-01-3

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