Assembly Bill A5872

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires individuals who have an order of protection issued against them to wear an electronic monitoring device

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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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2015-A5872 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §530.15, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2599
2011-2012: A889
2013-2014: A1913
2017-2018: A6267

2015-A5872 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires individuals who have an order of protection issued against them to wear an electronic monitoring device.

2015-A5872 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5872

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, GALEF, SCHIMEL, ENGLEBRIGHT, RIVERA, HOOP-
  ER,  JAFFEE,  MILLER  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MARKEY, McDO-
  NOUGH, PERRY, ROBINSON, SCARBOROUGH -- read once and referred  to  the
  Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring
  certain individuals to wear electronic monitoring devices

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

  Section  1.  The  criminal  procedure  law  is amended by adding a new
section 530.15 to read as follows:
S 530.15 WEARING OF ELECTRONIC TAGGING DEVICES.
  1. ANY PERSON AGAINST WHOM AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IS  ISSUED  PURSUANT
TO  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO WEAR AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING
DEVICE.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  "ELECTRONIC  MONITORING  DEVICE"
MEANS  A  DEVICE,  WORN  BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL, THAT TRANSMITS A SIGNAL AND
ENABLES ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO MONITOR, TRACK AND/OR  PINPOINT  THE
LOCATION  OF  THE INDIVIDUAL WEARING THE DEVICE THROUGH THE RECEPTION OF
THAT SIGNAL.
  2. AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL NOT TAMPER WITH HIS OR HER ELECTRONIC  MONITOR-
ING  DEVICE IN ANY WAY, NOR MAY THEY ALLOW ANOTHER PERSON TO TAMPER WITH
SUCH DEVICE. ANY PERSON WHO TAMPERS WITH AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE
SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
person  against  whom an order of protection has been issued on or after
the effective date of this act.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00853-01-5

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