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Assembly Bill A8426

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the board of trustees of the state university to require applicants to state-operated institutions to state whether they have been convicted of a violent felony sex offense

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2023-A8426 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1722
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6961, S5462
2019-2020: A583, S968, S1954
2021-2022: A584, S1777

2023-A8426 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the board of trustees of the state university to require applicants to state-operated institutions to state whether they have been convicted of a violent felony sex offense.

2023-A8426 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8426
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the board of
   trustees of the state university to include, on every application  for
   admission  to  a state-operated institution, a question on whether the
   applicant has been convicted of any violent felony sex offense
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 17-a to read as follows:
   17-A.  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SHALL ADOPT RULES
 PROVIDING THAT EACH APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO A STATE-OPERATED INSTI-
 TUTION SHALL REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO STATE WHETHER HE OR SHE  HAS  EVER
 BEEN  CONVICTED  OF A VIOLENT FELONY SEX OFFENSE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF SECTION 70.80 OF THE PENAL LAW,  IN  THIS  STATE  OR  OF  AN
 OFFENSE  IN  ANY  OTHER JURISDICTION IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH INCLUDES
 ALL OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A VIOLENT FELONY SEX  OFFENSE  IN  THIS
 STATE.  IF AN APPLICANT HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF SUCH AN OFFENSE, HE OR SHE
 SHALL IDENTIFY THE VIOLENT FELONY SEX OFFENSE OR OFFENSES OF WHICH HE OR
 SHE WAS CONVICTED, THE DATE OR DATES OF SUCH CONVICTION OR  CONVICTIONS,
 AND  THE  COURT  OR  COURTS IN WHICH SUCH CONVICTION OR CONVICTIONS WERE
 RENDERED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04683-01-3

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