Assembly Bill A2649

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Expands the amount of information available about registered sex offenders on the division of criminal justice services website

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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-A2649 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2017
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-b, 168-l & 168-q, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3793, S1488
2011-2012: A4871, S2005
2015-2016: A6019, S4776
2017-2018: A5113, S962
2019-2020: A872, S3029

2013-A2649 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the amount of information available to police and the public, by means of the internet, on registered sex offenders; authorizes any person to register with the division of criminal justice services to receive e-mail notification of all sex offenders residing within their zip code.

2013-A2649 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2649

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS, MILLER, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. CERETTO, CROUCH, RAIA  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Correction

AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to the registration of
  sex offenders

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  6 of section 168-b of the correction law, as
amended by chapter 106 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  6. The division shall also establish a [subdirectory] DIRECTORY pursu-
ant to section one hundred sixty-eight-q of this article.
  S 2.  Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision 6 of section 168-l of
the  correction law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 106 of the laws
of 2006, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 513 of the laws of 2011 and
paragraph (c) as separately amended by chapters 318 and 680 of the  laws
of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
  (a)  If  the  risk  of  repeat offense is low, a level one designation
shall be given to such sex offender. In such case  the  law  enforcement
agency or agencies having jurisdiction and the law enforcement agency or
agencies  having  had  jurisdiction at the time of his or her conviction
shall be notified and may disseminate  relevant  information  which  may
include  a  photograph  and  description  of  the offender and which may
include the name of the sex offender, approximate address based  on  sex
offender's  zip  code,  background  information including the offender's
crime of conviction, modus of operation, type of  victim  targeted,  the
name and address of any institution of higher education at which the sex
offender   is   enrolled,  attends,  is  employed  or  resides  and  the
description of special conditions imposed on the offender to any  entity
with vulnerable populations related to the nature of the offense commit-
ted  by  such  sex  offender.  Any entity receiving information on a sex

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02690-01-3
              

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