Senate Bill S261

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits any sex offender from residing within a quarter mile of any school, playground, park or building in which child day care is provided

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2019-S261 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-b & 168-t, ren §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L; amd §259-c, Exec L; amd §65.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5680
2015-2016: S3627
2017-2018: S248
2021-2022: S3489
2023-2024: S787

2019-S261 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits any sex offender from residing within a quarter mile of any school, playground, park or building in which child day care is provided.

2019-S261 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S261 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    261
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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, the executive law and the penal law,
   in  relation to prohibiting sex offenders from living within a quarter
   mile of any school, park, playground or building in  which  child  day
   care is provided
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 168-b of the correction law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13.  THE  DIVISION, WHEN ACKNOWLEDGING INITIAL REGISTRATION AND THERE-
 AFTER IN ANNUAL CORRESPONDENCE, SHALL ADVISE EACH SEX OFFENDER  TO  WHOM
 THE  RESIDENCY  RESTRICTION IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-W OF THIS
 ARTICLE APPLIES, CONCERNING THE TERMS  AND  SPECIFIC  DURATION  OF  SUCH
 RESTRICTION.
   § 2. Section 168-t of the correction law, as amended by chapter 373 of
 the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   §  168-t.  Penalty. Any sex offender required to register or to verify
 pursuant to the provisions of this article  who  fails  to  register  or
 verify  in  the  manner and within the time periods provided for in this
 article shall be guilty of a class E  felony  upon  conviction  for  the
 first  offense,  and  upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense
 shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who  violates  the
 provisions  of  section  one hundred sixty-eight-v OR SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-W of this article shall be guilty  of  a
 class  A  misdemeanor  upon  conviction  for the first offense, and upon
 conviction for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a class
 D felony. Any such failure to register or verify may also be  the  basis
 for revocation of parole pursuant to section two hundred fifty-nine-i of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.