Senate Bill S6351

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases from 20 years to 30 years, the period during which sex offenders classified as level 1 must register with the division of criminal justice services

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 17, 2016	committed to rules
May 24, 2016	advanced to third reading
May 23, 2016	2nd report cal.
May 18, 2016	1st report cal.943
Jan 06, 2016	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Votes

- May 18, 2016 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
  S6351
  
  Aye
  
  6
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  1
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: May 18, 2016
      
      aye (6)
      
      Akshar
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Little
      
      Ritchie
      
      Venditto
      
      nay (5)
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Montgomery
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Rivera
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Savino
      
      excused (1)
      
      Nozzolio

2015-S6351 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§168-b, 168-h & 168-l, Cor L

2015-S6351 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases from 20 years to 30 years, the period during which sex offenders classified as level 1 must register with the division of criminal justice services.

2015-S6351 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6351

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
requiring level one sex offenders to register for 30 years

 PURPOSE :

This bill would require level one sex offenders to register with the
Division of Criminal Justice Services for thirty years.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one amends subdivision eleven of section 168-b of the
correction law, relating to the duties of the Division of Criminal
Justice Services (DCJS). It extends, until March 31, 2017, the
provision requiring DCJS to notify each sex offender whose term of
registration and verification would otherwise have expired prior to
March 31, 2007 of the continuing duty to register and verify.

Section two amends subdivision one of section 168-h of the correction
law, relating to the duration of registration and verification of sex
offenders. This provision extends the annual registration requirement
on level one sex offenders from twenty years to thirty years.

Section three amends subdivision eight of section 168-1 of the
correction law, relating to the board of examiners of sex offenders.

This provision is amended to provide that the minimum period of
registration for a sex offender is thirty years.

Section four establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Megan's law, which
established the New York State sex offender registry. Under the 1996
law, level one sex offenders were required to annually register with
DCJS for a period of ten years from the initial date of registration.
In 2006, the law was amended to require these individuals to register
for a total period of twenty years. This January, the first level one
sex offenders registered under the law in 1996 will no longer be
required to register.

These provisions have been essential in ensuring the safety of our
communities, and should continue well into the future to protect our
State's children. Therefore, it is crucial we extend the registration
requirement on level one sex offenders for another ten years,
requiring a total registration period of thirty years.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None noted.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S6351 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6351

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

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 requiring level one
  sex offenders to register for 30 years

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 11 of section 168-b of the correction law, as
added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2006 and as renumbered by  chapter  67
of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  11. The division shall promptly notify each sex offender whose term of
registration  and  verification  would  otherwise  have expired prior to
March thirty-first, two thousand [seven]  SEVENTEEN  of  the  continuing
duty to register and verify under this article.
  S  2. Subdivision 1 of section 168-h of the correction law, as amended
by chapter 1 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  1. The duration of registration and verification for  a  sex  offender
who  has  not  been  designated a sexual predator, or a sexually violent
offender, or a predicate sex offender, and who is classified as a  level
one risk, or who has not yet received a risk level classification, shall
be  annually for a period of [twenty] THIRTY years from the initial date
of registration.
  S 3. Subdivision 8 of section 168-l of the correction law, as  amended
by chapter 1 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  8.  A  failure  by a state or local agency or the board to act or by a
court to render a determination within the time period specified in this
article shall not affect the obligation of the sex offender to  register
or verify under this article nor shall such failure prevent a court from
making  a  determination regarding the sex offender's level of notifica-
tion and whether such offender is required by law to be registered for a
period of [twenty] THIRTY years or for life. Where a court is unable  to
make  a  determination  prior to the date scheduled for a sex offender's
discharge, parole, release to post-release supervision  or  release,  it
shall  adjourn  the  hearing  until  after  the  offender is discharged,
paroled, released to post-release supervision  or  released,  and  shall
then expeditiously complete the hearing and issue its determination.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13247-01-5

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