Senate Bill S5321

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain sex offenders from using the internet

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee


  • 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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2017-S5321 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-t, ren §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L

2017-S5321 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits sex offenders who have a level 2 or 3 designation, whose sex offense was committed against a minor, or who used the internet to facilitate his or her sex offense, from using the internet to access pornography, access sites promoting sexual relations with minors or access social networking sites; makes the violation of such prohibition a class D felony.

2017-S5321 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5321 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5321
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting certain
   sex offenders from using the internet for certain purposes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 168-t of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 373 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   § 168-t. Penalty. Any sex offender required to register or  to  verify
 pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this article who fails to register or
 verify in the manner and within the time periods provided  for  in  this
 article  shall  be  guilty  of  a class E felony upon conviction for the
 first offense, and upon conviction for a second  or  subsequent  offense
 shall  be  guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who violates the
 provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight-v of this article shall be
 guilty of a class A misdemeanor upon conviction for the  first  offense,
 and  upon  conviction for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty
 of a class D felony.  ANY SEX OFFENDER WHO VIOLATES  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-W OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
 CLASS D FELONY. Any such failure to register or verify may also  be  the
 basis  for  revocation  of parole pursuant to section two hundred fifty-
 nine-i of the executive law or the basis  for  revocation  of  probation
 pursuant to article four hundred ten of the criminal procedure law.
   § 2. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chapter 604
 of  the  laws  of  2005,  is renumbered section 168-x, and a new section
 168-w is added to read as follows:
   § 168-W. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN USES OF THE INTERNET.  1. A SEX OFFEN-
 DER REQUIRED TO REGISTER UNDER THIS ARTICLE WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN  A  LEVEL
 TWO  OR  LEVEL THREE DESIGNATION, OR IF THE VICTIM OF THE SEX OFFENDER'S
 OFFENSE WAS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AT THE TIME OF SUCH OFFENSE, OR IF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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