Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A5725

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Includes sex offenders who fail to register or verify under the definition of second felony offenders

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2013-A5725 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง70.06, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6742

2013-A5725 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes sex offenders who fail to register or verify under the definition of second felony offenders.

2013-A5725 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5725

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. JORDAN, McLAUGHLIN, CROUCH, McKEVITT, HAWLEY,
  SALADINO, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BARCLAY,  CERETTO,
  PALMESANO,  REILICH, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  sex  offenders  and  the
  definition of second felony offender

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  70.06  of  the
penal  law, as amended by chapter 410 of the laws of 1979, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a) A second felony offender is a person, other than a second  violent
felony  offender  as defined in section 70.04, who stands convicted of a
felony defined in this chapter, other than a  class  A-I  felony,  after
having  previously  been  subjected  to  one  or  more  predicate felony
convictions as defined in paragraph (b) of this subdivision AND/OR IS  A
SEX  OFFENDER WHO FAILS TO REGISTER OR VERIFY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take    effect  on  the  first  of  November  next
succeeding 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.
                                                           LBD06514-01-3

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.