Assembly Bill A4406

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires a sex offender to state whether he or she resides within 1/2 mile of any elementary or secondary school

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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

Do you support this bill?

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

2015-A4406 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3797
2011-2012: A3187
2013-2014: A1480

2015-A4406 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a sex offender to state, on a verification form, the names of any school for children in grades pre-kindergarten through the twelfth which is located within a one-half mile radius of such offender's place of residence.

2015-A4406 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4406

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CYMBROWITZ, GALEF, GUNTHER, ABBATE, COLTON --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the duty to  register
  and to verify by a sex offender

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2  of  section  168-f  of  the
correction  law, as added by chapter 192 of the laws of 1995, is amended
to read as follows:
  (b) The verification form shall be signed by  the  sex  offender,  and
state  that  he OR SHE still resides at the address last reported to the
division.  SUCH VERIFICATION FORM SHALL REQUIRE  SUCH  SEX  OFFENDER  TO
STATE  THE NAME OF ANY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER PUBLIC
OR PRIVATE, IN GRADES PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH WHICH IS  LOCATED
WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF SUCH OFFENDER'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08428-01-5

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.