| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
| Feb 21, 2019 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S3958
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 54th Senate District
2019-S3958 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S3958 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that any person who knowingly harbors, houses or employs a sex offender who has failed to register or verify address and employment, and who fails to contact his or her local law enforcement agency regarding such sex offender is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
2019-S3958 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3958
SPONSOR: RANZENHOFER
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to knowingly harboring a
sex offender who has failed to register or verify
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new subdivision 168-ii that provides that any person
who knowingly harbors, houses or employs a sex offender required to
register or verify residence or employment pursuant to Section 168 of
the Corrections Law, who has failed to register or verify as required by
law, and fails to notify his or her local law enforcement agency as to
the location of such offender, shall be guilty of an A misdemeanor.
Section 2 provides that the act shall take effect on January first next
succeeding the date upon which it shall have become law.
PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION:
2019-S3958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3958
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 21, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, AKSHAR, FELDER, FUNKE, HELMING, JACOBS,
ORTT, RITCHIE, SERINO, SEWARD, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, 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 knowingly harboring a
sex offender who has failed to register or verify
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-
ii to read as follows:
§ 168-II. FAILURE TO NOTIFY; PENALTY. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY
HARBORS, HOUSES OR EMPLOYS A SEX OFFENDER REQUIRED TO REGISTER OR TO
VERIFY RESIDENCE OR EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTI-
CLE WHO HAS FAILED TO REGISTER OR TO VERIFY AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND WHO
FAILS TO NOTIFY HIS OR HER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THE LOCATION
OF SUCH SEX OFFENDER, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01609-01-9
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