Senate Bill S962

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Expands the amount of information available about registered sex offenders on the division of criminal justice services website

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S962 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5113
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-b, 168-l & 168-q, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1488, A3793
2011-2012: S2005, A4871
2013-2014: S2017, A2649
2015-2016: S4776, A6019
2019-2020: S3029, A872

2017-S962 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the amount of information available to police and the public, by means of the internet, on registered sex offenders.

2017-S962 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S962 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    962
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. FUNKE, KAMINSKY, KENNEDY -- 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 the registration of
   sex offenders
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  6 of section 168-b of the correction law, as
 amended by chapter 106 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6. The division shall also establish a [subdirectory] DIRECTORY pursu-
 ant to section one hundred sixty-eight-q of this article.
   § 2.  Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision 6 of section 168-l of
 the  correction law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 106 of the laws
 of 2006, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 513 of the laws of 2011 and
 paragraph (c) as separately amended by chapters 318 and 680 of the  laws
 of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  If  the  risk  of  repeat offense is low, a level one designation
 shall be given to such sex offender. In such case  the  law  enforcement
 agency or agencies having jurisdiction and the law enforcement agency or
 agencies  having  had  jurisdiction at the time of his or her conviction
 shall be notified and may disseminate  relevant  information  which  may
 include  a  photograph  and  description  of  the offender and which may
 include the name of the sex offender, approximate address based  on  sex
 offender's  zip  code,  background  information including the offender's
 crime of conviction, 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  the
 description of special conditions imposed on the offender to any  entity
 with vulnerable populations related to the nature of the offense commit-
 ted  by  such  sex  offender.  Any entity receiving information on a sex

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

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