| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jun 15, 2016 | referred to mental health delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Jun 08, 2016 | ordered to third reading cal.1551 |
| Jun 07, 2016 | reported and committed to rules |
| Jan 25, 2016 | reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 06, 2016 | referred to mental health and developmental disabilities returned to senate died in assembly |
| Jun 15, 2015 | referred to mental health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1559 committee discharged and committed to rules |
| Jun 03, 2015 | reported and committed to finance |
| May 12, 2015 | referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
senate Bill S5270
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Betty Little
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Andrew J. Lanza
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
S5270 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Mental Health
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง10.03, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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S5270 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5270 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to detained sex offenders requiring civil commitment or supervision PURPOSE: To authorize the civil commitment of detained persons convicted of a misdemeanor sex offense with a prior conviction in another state of an offense that would be a designated felony. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 Subdivisions (a) and (g) of section 10.03 of the mental hygiene law, subdivision (a) as amended by section 118-a of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of 2011 and subdivision (g) as added by chapter 7 of 2007, are amended to define "agency with jurisdiction" and "detained sex offender". Subdivision 6 adds a person previously convicted of conduct, which had it occurred in this state, would have constituted a designated felony. Section 2 Contains the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: A gap exists in current law related to the civil confinement of danger-
S5270 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5270
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 12, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
mental Disabilities
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to detained sex
offenders requiring civil commitment or supervision
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions (a) and (g) of section 10.03 of the mental
hygiene law, subdivision (a) as amended by section 118-a of subpart B of
part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011 and subdivision (g) as added by
chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
(a) "Agency with jurisdiction" as to a person means that agency which,
during the period in question, would be the agency responsible for
supervising or releasing such person, and can include the department of
corrections and community supervision, the office of mental health,
[and] the office for people with developmental disabilities, A COUNTY
SHERIFF AND ANY PROBATION DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE.
(g) "Detained sex offender" means a person who is in the care, custo-
dy, control, or supervision of an agency with jurisdiction, with respect
to a sex offense [or], designated felony OR MISDEMEANOR DEFINED IN ARTI-
CLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW, in that the person is either:
(1) A person who stands convicted of a sex offense as defined in
subdivision (p) of this section, and is currently serving a sentence
for, or subject to supervision by the division of parole, whether on
parole or on post-release supervision, for such offense or for a related
offense;
(2) A person charged with a sex offense who has been determined to be
an incapacitated person with respect to that offense and has been
committed pursuant to article seven hundred thirty of the criminal
procedure law, but did engage in the conduct constituting such offense;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10809-01-5
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