Assembly Actions -
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May 08, 2018 |
referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1055 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction returned to senate died in assembly |
May 08, 2017 |
referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 02, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
May 01, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 26, 2017 |
1st report cal.662 |
Jan 05, 2017 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S968
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, G, IP, SC) 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
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S968 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A860
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Correction
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Rel §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S6778, A9025
2015-2016: S2950, A752
2019-2020: S1953, A432
2021-2022: S1773, A583
2023-2024: S1881, A9608
2017-S968 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S968 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the correction law, in relation to restricting sex offenders from residing near the residence of their victim PURPOSE : To restrict sex offenders from residing within 1500 feet of the residence to their victim. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one adds section 168-w to Article 6-C of the correction law to state that it shall be unlawful for any level two or level three sex offender to knowingly reside within fifteen hundred feet of the residence of a victim of his or her sex offense or sexually violent offense. Subsection two states that the residence prohibition will be in effect for as long as the offender is classified as a level two or three sex offender. Subsection three states that any prosecution pursuant to this, it shall be an affirmative defense that, after the sex offender's
2017-S968 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 968 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MURPHY, AKSHAR, AVELLA, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD, VALESKY -- 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 restricting sex offenders from residing near the residence of their victim THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chap- ter 604 of the laws of 2005, is relettered section 168-x and a new section 168-w is added to read as follows: § 168-W. LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCE LIMITATION; PENALTY. 1. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER TO KNOWINGLY RESIDE WITHIN FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET OF THE RESI- DENCE OF A VICTIM OF HIS OR HER SEX OFFENSE OR SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE. 2. THE RESIDENCE PROHIBITION ESTABLISHED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AS LONG AS THE OFFENDER IS CLASSIFIED AS A LEVEL TWO OR THREE SEX OFFENDER. 3. IN ANY PROSECUTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, IT SHALL BE AN AFFIR- MATIVE DEFENSE THAT, AFTER THE SEX OFFENDER'S CONVICTION OF A SEX OFFENSE OR SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE, THE VICTIM OF SUCH OFFENSE ESTAB- LISHED A RESIDENCE WITHIN FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET OF THE SEX OFFENDER'S RESIDENCE. 4. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO REQUIRE THE DISCLO- SURE OR NOTIFICATION OF THE ADDRESS OF ANY VICTIM TO A SEX OFFENDER. 5. A SEX OFFENDER WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01693-01-7
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