Assembly Bill A236

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain sex offenders from entering a school bus or within one thousand feet of a school bus stop

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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

multi-Sponsors

2021-A236 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1219
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §65.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8071
2011-2012: A1751
2013-2014: A1396
2015-2016: A1032
2017-2018: A848, S5734
2019-2020: A3687, S1183
2023-2024: A2223, S5433

2021-A236 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits certain sex offenders from entering a school bus or within one thousand feet of a school bus stop.

2021-A236 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    236
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, J. RIVERA, WALCZYK -- Multi-Sponsored by
   --  M. of A.  HAWLEY, RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  prohibiting  certain  sex
   offenders  from entering a school bus or within one thousand feet of a
   school bus stop
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4-a  of  section  65.10 of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 67 of the  laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4-a.  Mandatory  conditions  for  sex  offenders.  (a) When imposing a
 sentence of probation or conditional discharge upon a  person  convicted
 of  an  offense defined in article one hundred thirty, two hundred thir-
 ty-five or two hundred sixty-three of this chapter, or  section  255.25,
 255.26  or  255.27  of  this chapter, and the victim of such offense was
 under the age of eighteen at the time of such offense or such person has
 been designated a level three sex offender pursuant to  subdivision  six
 of  section [168-l] ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-L of the correction law, the
 court shall require, as a mandatory condition  of  such  sentence,  that
 such  sentenced  offender  shall refrain from knowingly entering into or
 upon any school grounds, as that term is defined in subdivision fourteen
 of section 220.00 of this chapter, OR ANY  SCHOOL  BUS,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR WITHIN
 ONE THOUSAND FEET OF A DESIGNATED SCHOOL BUS STOP, DEFINED AS A REGULAR-
 LY OCCURRING STOP WHERE PASSENGERS ARE DISCHARGED OR TAKEN  ON,  or  any
 other  facility  or institution primarily used for the care or treatment
 of persons under the age of eighteen while one or more of  such  persons
 under  the age of eighteen are present, provided however, that when such
 sentenced offender is a registered student or participant or an employee
 
  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.