Senate Bill S5863

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Helen'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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2021-S5863 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3471
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
2019-2020: S963, S3382, S4644, S6721, A5889
2023-2024: A3665

2021-S5863 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Helen'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.

2021-S5863 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5863 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5863
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the correction  law,  in  relation  to
   enacting "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Helen'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 - Helen'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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