Senate Bill S978

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits level three sex offenders from living in college housing

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Current 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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2023-S978 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-f & 168-t, Cor L; amd §65.10, Pen L; amd §259-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4560
2013-2014: S1020
2015-2016: S833
2017-2018: S1009
2019-2020: S79
2021-2022: S5986

2023-S978 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits level three sex offenders from living in college housing.

2023-S978 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S978 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    978
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- 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, the penal law and the executive law,
   in  relation  to  prohibiting level three sex offenders from living in
   college housing

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b-1) of subdivision 2 of section 168-f of the
 correction law, as amended by chapter  532  of  the  laws  of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b-1)  If  the sex offender has been given a level two or three desig-
 nation, such offender shall sign the verification form, and  state  that
 he  or  she  still is employed at the address last reported to the divi-
 sion.  IF A SEX OFFENDER HAS BEEN GIVEN A LEVEL THREE DESIGNATION,  SUCH
 OFFENDER SHALL NOT RESIDE IN STUDENT HOUSING OF ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGH-
 ER EDUCATION.
   § 2. Section 168-t of the correction law, as amended by chapter 373 of
 the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   §  168-t.  Penalty. Any sex offender required to register or to verify
 pursuant to the provisions of this article  who  fails  to  register  or
 verify  in  the  manner and within the time periods provided for in this
 article shall be guilty of a class E  felony  upon  conviction  for  the
 first  offense,  and  upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense
 shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who  violates  the
 provisions  of  section one hundred sixty-eight-v of this article OR THE
 PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B-1) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ONE  HUNDRED
 SIXTY-EIGHT-F  OF THIS ARTICLE CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION ON RESIDING IN
 STUDENT HOUSING OF ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION shall  be  guilty
 of a class A misdemeanor upon conviction for the first offense, and upon
 conviction for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a class
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03907-01-3
              

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