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| May 08, 2018 |
referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1057 committee discharged and committed to rules |
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reported and committed to finance |
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referred to crime victims, crime and correction returned to senate died in assembly |
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ordered to third reading cal.1539 |
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reported and committed to rules |
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Senate Bill S2173
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Requires sex offenders to verify their residence and registration on a biannual basis
download bill text pdfSponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
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Floor Vote: May 8, 2018
aye (58)- Addabbo Jr.
- Akshar
- Alcantara
- Amedore
- Avella
- Bailey
- Benjamin
- Bonacic
- Boyle
- Breslin
- Brooks
- Carlucci
- Croci
- DeFrancisco
- Dilan
- Felder
- Flanagan
- Funke
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Golden
- Griffo
- Hamilton
- Hannon
- Helming
- Jacobs
- Kaminsky
- Kennedy
- Klein
- Krueger
- LaValle
- Lanza
- Larkin
- Little
- Marcellino
- Marchione
- Mayer
- Murphy
- O'Mara
- Ortt
- Parker
- Peralta
- Persaud
- Phillips
- Ranzenhofer
- Ritchie
- Robach
- Sanders Jr.
- Savino
- Sepúlveda
- Serino
- Serrano
- Seward
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Valesky
- Young
nay (5)
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Floor Vote: Jun 13, 2017
aye (58)- Addabbo Jr.
- Akshar
- Alcantara
- Amedore
- Avella
- Benjamin
- Bonacic
- Boyle
- Breslin
- Brooks
- Carlucci
- Croci
- DeFrancisco
- Diaz
- Dilan
- Felder
- Flanagan
- Funke
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Golden
- Griffo
- Hamilton
- Hannon
- Helming
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jacobs
- Kaminsky
- Kennedy
- Klein
- Krueger
- LaValle
- Lanza
- Larkin
- Latimer
- Little
- Marcellino
- Marchione
- Murphy
- O'Mara
- Ortt
- Parker
- Peralta
- Persaud
- Phillips
- Ranzenhofer
- Ritchie
- Robach
- Savino
- Serino
- Serrano
- Seward
- Squadron
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Valesky
- Young
nay (5)
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May 8, 2018 - Rules Committee Vote
S217320Aye2Nay3Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0Abstained-
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Rules Committee Vote: May 8, 2018
aye (20)nay (2)
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Jun 12, 2017 - Rules Committee Vote
S217323Aye1Nay1Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0Abstained-
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Rules Committee Vote: Jun 12, 2017
aye (23)nay (1)aye wr (1)
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Jun 8, 2017 - Finance Committee Vote
S217328Aye4Nay3Aye with Reservations0Absent2Excused0Abstained-
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Finance Committee Vote: Jun 8, 2017
aye (28)nay (4)
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Jan 23, 2018 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
S21737Aye3Nay2Aye with Reservations0Absent1Excused0AbstainedMay 16, 2017 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
S21738Aye3Nay2Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0Abstained -
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co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2017-S2173 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8719
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Correction
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§168-b, 168-f, 168-g & 168-h, Cor L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S1485
2011-2012: S1829
2013-2014: S1428
2015-2016: S5681, S6689
2019-2020: S1314, A8579
2021-2022: S3756
2023-2024: S6068
2017-S2173 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2173
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
requiring sex offenders to verify their registration with the sex
offender registry on a biannual basis
PURPOSE :
To increase the number of times a sex offender has to verify their
registration with the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Subdivision 4 of Section 168-b of the Correction Law, as
added by Chapter 192 of the Laws of 1995, is amended to provide that
DCJS shall on random dates in each six month period of the year mail a
nonforwardable verification form to sex offenders.
Section 2: The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 168-f of
the Correction Law, as added by Chapter 192 of the Laws of 1995, is
amended to change from an annual verification date to a random
biannual verification procedure.
Section 3: Subdivision 2 of section 168-g of the Correction Law, as
amended by section 18 of subpart B of part C of Chapter 62 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to provide that sex offenders must comply with the
random biannual address verification. Section 4: Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 168-h of the Correction Law, as amended by Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2006, are amended to change annually to biannually. Section 5: Provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : Terrifying examples of the need for stricter laws regulating sex offenders permeate the news across the country evening after evening. The killing of children like Jessica Lunsford in Florida is a sad reminder that the current state of sex offender registration and community notification leaves more to be done in the effort to ensure the safety of our children and communities. Law enforcement officers need better tools to be able to keep track of the most dangerous offenders, especially those who choose to ignore their registration requirements under New York State's version of Megan's Law. Therefore, it is vitally important to verify the registered location of sex offenders to make sure that they have not moved and are still following their registration requirements. Under current law, level 3 offenders must verify their registration every 90 days. However, level 1 and 2 offenders are only checked on once a year with a verification form on their anniversary of registration. By giving convicted sex offenders a year between each verification of their registration, and especially by letting them know when this verification will take place, we leave New York residents vulnerable to the possibility that these offenders will cheat the system in between verifications in order to harm more children. Recent attacks on children across the country have shown that sex offenders will often abscond from their registered address to areas where law enforcement and residents are unaware of their existence. Therefore, it is important to verify that a sex offender is indeed living where they are registered at least once in each six month period of time, and to stop doing so on a date that the offender is aware of in advance. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : 2015-16: S.6689 Passed Senate 2013-14: S.1428 Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections/Assembly Corrections 2011-12: S.1829A Referred to Finance 2009-10: S.1485 Referred to Codes 2007-08: S.434 Passed Senate, Non-Controversial/Assembly Corrections 2005-06: S.5404A Passed Senate/Assembly Corrections FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : To be determined. EFFECTIVE DATE : This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law, provided that any rules, regulations and forms necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such date.
2017-S2173 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2173
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 12, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. SERINO, AVELLA, LANZA, LARKIN, SEWARD -- 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 requiring sex offen-
ders to verify their registration with the sex offender registry on a
biannual basis
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 168-b of the correction law, as
added by chapter 192 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
4. The division shall, UPON A DIFFERENT RANDOM DATE DURING EACH SIX
MONTH PERIOD OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, mail a nonforwardable verification
form to the last reported address of the person for [annual] BIANNUAL
verification requirements.
§ 2. The opening paragraph 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:
For a sex offender required to register under this article [on each
anniversary of the sex offender's initial registration date] UPON
RECEIPT OF EACH RANDOMLY MAILED BIANNUAL VERIFICATION FORM during the
period in which he is required to register under this section the
following applies:
§ 3. Subdivision 2 of section 168-g of the correction law, as amended
by section 18 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011,
is amended to read as follows:
2. Every sex offender who on the effective date of this article is
then on community supervision or probation for an offense provided for
in subdivision two or three of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this
article shall within ten calendar days of such determination register
with his parole or probation officer. [On each anniversary of] ON AND
AFTER the sex offender's initial registration date [thereafter], the
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04884-01-7 S. 2173 2 provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight-f of this article shall BE DEEMED TO apply TO SUCH OFFENDER. Any sex offender who fails or refuses to so comply shall be subject to the same penalties as otherwise provided for in this article which would be imposed upon a sex offender who fails or refuses to so comply with the provisions of this article on or after such effective date. § 4. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 168-h of the correction law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2006, are amended to read as follows: 1. The duration of registration and verification for a sex offender who has not been designated a sexual predator, or a sexually violent offender, or a predicate sex offender, and who is classified as a level one risk, or who has not yet received a risk level classification, shall be [annually] BIANNUALLY for a period of twenty years from the initial date of registration. 2. The duration of registration and verification for a sex offender who, on or after March eleventh, two thousand two, is designated a sexu- al predator, or a sexually violent offender, or a predicate sex offen- der, or who is classified as a level two or level three risk, shall be [annually] BIANNUALLY for life. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a sex offender who is classified as a level two risk and who is not designated a sexual predator, a sexually violent offender or a predicate sex offen- der, may be relieved of the duty to register and verify as provided by subdivision one of section one hundred sixty-eight-o of this article. § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law, provided that any rules, regulations and forms necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such date.
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