assembly Bill A9286

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes "Brittany's law"

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Feb 11, 2016 referred to correction

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A9286 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6658
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§195.03 & 195.04, Pen L; add Art 6-B §§165 - 165-o, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6609, S65
2019-2020: A6732

A9286 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Brittany's law" defining domestic violence offenses and offenders and requiring such offenders to register with the division of criminal justice services; establishes the crimes of failure to register or verify as a domestic violence offender in the first and second degrees.

A9286 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9286

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law and the correction law, in relation to
  establishing "Brittany's law"

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

  Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as "Brittany's
law".
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new  sections  195.03  and
195.04 to read as follows:
S 195.03 FAILURE  TO  REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDER
           IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FAILURE TO REGISTER  OR  VERIFY  AS  A  DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE  OFFENDER  IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN, BEING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
OFFENDER REQUIRED TO REGISTER OR VERIFY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX-B OF THE
CORRECTION LAW, HE OR SHE FAILS TO REGISTER OR VERIFY IN THE MANNER  AND
WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS PROVIDED FOR IN SUCH ARTICLE.
  FAILURE  TO  REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDER IN THE
SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
S 195.04 FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE  OFFENDER
           IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE OFFENDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS  THE  CRIME
OF  FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDER IN THE
SECOND DEGREE AND HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF FAILURE  TO  REGISTER
OR  VERIFY  AS  A  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE  OFFENDER  IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 195.03 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDER  IN  THE
FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
  S 3. The correction law is amended by adding a new article 6-B to read
as follows:
                               ARTICLE 6-B
                   DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REGISTRATION ACT
SECTION 165.   DEFINITIONS.

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