Senate Bill S4801

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to sex offender registration and residency restrictions

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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

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2019-S4801 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8458
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-h, 168-n & 168-o, ren §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6066, A8503
2017-2018: S5201, A1651
2021-2022: A2667
2023-2024: A2168

2019-S4801 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to sex offender registration and residency restrictions; sets limitations on the distance sex offenders may be required to live apart from certain areas.

2019-S4801 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4801 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4801
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 sex offender regis-
   tration and residency restrictions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 168-h of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 11 of the laws of 2002, and subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 1
 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   § 168-h. Duration of registration and verification. 1. The duration of
 registration and verification for a sex offender who has not been desig-
 nated a sexual predator, or a sexually violent offender, or a  predicate
 sex  offender, and who is classified as a level one risk, or who has not
 yet received a risk level classification, shall be annually for a period
 of twenty years from the initial date of registration.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A SEX OFFENDER WHO IS CLASSIFIED  AS
 A  LEVEL ONE RISK AND HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A SEXUAL PREDATOR, SEXUALLY
 VIOLENT OFFENDER, OR PREDICATE SEX OFFENDER OR HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF  OR
 HAS BEEN CONVICTED FOR AN ATTEMPT TO COMMIT:
   (I)  ANY  OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 120.70, 130.35, 130.50, 130.53,
 130.65,  130.65-A,  130.66,  130.67,  130.70,  130.75,  130.80,  130.90,
 130.91,  130.95, 130.96, 135.05, 135.10, 135.20, 135.25, 230.06, 230.32,
 250.50, 255.27, 263.10, 263.15 OR 263.30 OF THE PENAL LAW;
   (II) ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A,  2260,
 2422, 2423 OR 2425 OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE; OR
   (III)  HAS  BEEN  CONVICTED  OF  ANY OFFENSE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION
 WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF  ANY  OF  THE  FOREGOING
 CRIMES IN THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL REGISTER ANNUALLY FOR LIFE.
   3.  A  SEX OFFENDER WHO IS CLASSIFIED AS A LEVEL ONE RISK AND HAS BEEN
 CONVICTED OF OR HAS BEEN CONVICTED FOR AN ATTEMPT TO COMMIT ANY  OF  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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