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May 08, 2018 |
referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 01, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 30, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 25, 2018 |
1st report cal.850 |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 08, 2017 |
referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 22, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
May 17, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
May 16, 2017 |
1st report cal.984 |
Jan 04, 2017 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S296
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored 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
2017-S296 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S296 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S296 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring certain level three sex offenders to wear an electronic monitoring device for life PURPOSE : The law would require all Level 3 Sexual Offenders who have been convicted of violent crimes against children wear an electronic monitoring device for life with the cost to be absorbed by the sexual offender and not the state or local municipality. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends paragraph (b-2) of subdivision 2 of section 168-f of the correction law, as added by section 2 of part 0 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2005. JUSTIFICATION : For those that have been found guilty of sexual offenses against children, incarceration is not a cure and will not deter them from re-offending. In fact, recidivism for these crimes is very high. New
2017-S296 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 296 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- 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 certain level three sex offenders to wear an electronic monitoring device for life THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b-2) of subdivision 2 of section 168-f of the correction law, as added by section 2 of part O of chapter 56 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: (b-2) If the sex offender has been given a level three designation, he or she shall personally appear at the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within twenty days of the first anniversary of the sex offender's initial registration and every year thereafter during the period of registration for the purpose of providing a current photograph of such offender. The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall photograph the sex offender and shall promptly forward a copy of such photograph to the division. For purposes of this paragraph, if such sex offender is confined in a state or local correctional facility, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall be the warden, superintendent, sheriff or other person in charge of the state or local correctional facility. SUCH SEX OFFENDER WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY SEXUALLY VIOLENT CRIME AGAINST A CHILD SHALL WEAR AN ELECTRONIC MONITOR- ING DEVICE FOR THE DURATION OF HIS OR HER LIFE. SUCH SEX OFFENDER SHALL BEAR THE COST OF SUCH ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to any level three sex offen- der convicted of any sexually violent crime against a child on or after the effective date of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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