Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jun 13, 2019 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 04, 2019 |
reported referred to codes |
May 29, 2019 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A7958
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
QUART
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
co-Sponsors
Michael Blake
2019-A7958 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §168-nn, amd §§168-l & 168-n, Cor L
2019-A7958 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the court to issue a provisional sex offender risk level determination where it is anticipated that a risk level will not be set by the date of an inmate's scheduled discharge, parole or release from a correctional facility, local correctional facility or hospital.
2019-A7958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7958 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. QUART -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to provisional determi- nations involving risk levels for certain sex offenders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 168- nn to read as follows: § 168-NN. PROVISIONAL SEX OFFENDER RISK LEVEL DETERMINATIONS. 1. IN ANY CASE WHERE IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT A RISK LEVEL WILL NOT BE SET BY THE DATE OF AN INMATE'S SCHEDULED DISCHARGE, PAROLE OR RELEASE, FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR HOSPITAL, THE COURT MAY ISSUE A PROVISIONAL SEX OFFENDER RISK LEVEL DETERMINATION. A PROVISIONAL SEX OFFENDER RISK LEVEL DETERMINATION SHALL ESTABLISH WHETH- ER THE OFFENDER IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR, SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDER OR PRED- ICATE SEX OFFENDER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH A DETERMINATION SHALL ALSO ESTABLISH WHETHER THE OFFENDER IS DESIGNATED A LEVEL ONE OFFENDER AT LOW RISK TO RE-OFFEND; A LEVEL TWO OFFENDER AT MODERATE RISK TO RE-OFFEND OR A LEVEL THREE OFFENDER AT HIGH RISK TO RE-OFFEND. 2. WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER AN OFFENDER IS DESIGNATED AS BEING AT LOW, MODERATE OR HIGH RISK TO RE-OFFEND, THE COURT SHALL PRESUMPTIVELY ESTAB- LISH SUCH RISK LEVEL AS: (I) THE LEVEL AGREED UPON BY THE PARTIES, IF THE PARTIES AGREE ON A LEVEL, OR (II) IF THE PARTIES DO NOT AGREE ON A LEVEL, THE LEVEL RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF SEX OFFENDERS BASED ON THE BOARD'S POINT SCORE, WITHOUT CONSIDERING ANY RECOMMENDED DEPARTURE BY THE BOARD. THE COURT MAY ESTABLISH A PROVISIONAL SEX OFFEN- DER RISK LEVEL DETERMINATION WHICH DIFFERS FROM THESE PRESUMPTIONS IF THE COURT DEEMS THAT APPROPRIATE, AFTER PROVIDING FINDINGS ON THE RECORD EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09349-02-9
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