Senate Bill S6721

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Brittany's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders

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  • 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-S6721 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5889
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§195.03 & 195.04, Pen L; add Art 6-B §§162 - 167-q, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3134
2011-2012: S3645
2013-2014: S1850, A8916
2015-2016: S513, A1833
2017-2018: S1107, S7125, A404
2021-2022: S2840, S5863, A3471
2023-2024: A3665

2019-S6721 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Brittany's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders; sets forth duties of the division of criminal justice services; establishes a special telephone number; requires the division to maintain a subdirectory of violent predators.

2019-S6721 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6721 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6721
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, SKOUFIS, HELMING -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law and the correction law, in relation to
   enacting "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Brittany's Law"

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Domestic
 Violence Protection Act - Brittany's Law".
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new  sections  195.03  and
 195.04 to read as follows:
 § 195.03 FAILURE  TO  REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER IN
            THE SECOND DEGREE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A VIOLENT FELO-
 NY OFFENDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN, BEING A VIOLENT  FELONY  OFFENDER
 REQUIRED  TO  REGISTER  OR  VERIFY  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  SIX-B  OF THE
 CORRECTION LAW, HE OR SHE FAILS TO REGISTER OR VERIFY IN THE MANNER  AND
 WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS PROVIDED FOR IN SUCH ARTICLE.
   FAILURE  TO  REGISTER  OR  VERIFY  AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER IN THE
 SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
 § 195.04 FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A VIOLENT FELONY  OFFENDER  IN
            THE FIRST DEGREE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A VIOLENT FELO-
 NY  OFFENDER  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF
 FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER IN THE SECOND
 DEGREE AND HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERI-
 FY AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION 195.03 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   FAILURE  TO  REGISTER  OR  VERIFY  AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER IN THE
 FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
   § 3. The correction law is amended by adding a new article 6-B to read
 as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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