| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jun 06, 2016 | referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Jun 01, 2016 | ordered to third reading cal.1229 committee discharged and committed to rules |
| Jan 06, 2016 | referred to crime victims, crime and correction returned to senate died in assembly |
| Feb 26, 2015 | referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Feb 25, 2015 | ordered to third reading cal.106 committee discharged and committed to rules |
| Feb 18, 2015 | referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
senate Bill S3811
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Andrew J. Lanza
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
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Timothy M. Kennedy
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
Kathleen A. Marchione
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Jack M. Martins
(R, C) 7th Senate District
Terrence Murphy
(R, C, G, IP, SC) 0 Senate District
S3811 (ACTIVE) - Details
S3811 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3811 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to information contained in the sex offender registry PURPOSE: Requires the Division of Criminal Justice Services' (DCJS) website that provides sex offender registry information to be searchable by the zip code of a registrant's employment. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends subdivision 1 of section 168-q of the correction law as amended by chapter 532 of the laws of 2011. JUSTIFICATION: While government has taken major actions to inform the public that a convicted registered sex offender is living in their neighborhood, there is currently no way for parents, guardians and those who care for children that a convicted registered sex offender may be working in their community. This legislation corrects a loop hole in the current law that will disclose to the public that not only if a
S3811 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3811
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 18, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 information contained
in the sex offender registry
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 168-q of the correction law, as
amended by chapter 462 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
1. The division shall maintain a subdirectory of level two and three
sex offenders. The subdirectory shall include the exact address, address
of the offender's place of employment and photograph of the sex offender
along with the following information, if available: name, physical
description, age and distinctive markings. Background information
including all of the sex offender's crimes of conviction that require
him or her to register pursuant to this article, 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 a description of special conditions imposed on
the sex offender shall also be included. The subdirectory shall have sex
offender listings categorized by county and zip code. Such subdirectory
shall be made available at all times on the internet via the division
homepage. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE SUBDIRECTORY SHALL BE
SEARCHABLE VIA THE INTERNET BY THE ZIP CODE FOR BOTH THE OFFENDER'S
RESIDENCE ADDRESS AND HIS OR HER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. Any person may
apply to the division to receive automated e-mail notifications whenever
a new or updated subdirectory registration occurs in a geographic area
specified by such person. The division shall furnish such service at no
charge to such person, who shall request e-mail notification by county
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01531-02-5
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