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                                   8538
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LEVENBERG  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law,  in  relation  to  the  registration
   information required to be reported by a sex offender
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  168-b  of  the
 correction law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) The sex offender's name, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, all aliases used,
 date  of  birth,  sex, race, height, weight, eye color, driver's license
 number, PAST HOME ADDRESSES, CURRENT home address and/or expected  place
 of  domicile,  any  internet  accounts  with  internet  access providers
 belonging to such offender and internet identifiers that  such  offender
 uses.    FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "INTERNET ACCOUNTS" SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ALL SOCIAL  MEDIA  ACCOUNTS  AND  ONLINE
 GAMER ACCOUNTS BELONGING TO SUCH OFFENDER.
   §  2. Subdivision 4 of section 168-f of the correction law, as amended
 by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   4. Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than ten
 calendar days after any change of address, internet accounts with inter-
 net access providers belonging to such  offender,  internet  identifiers
 that such offender uses, SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, ONLINE GAMER ACCOUNTS or
 [his  or  her] SUCH OFFENDER'S status of enrollment, attendance, employ-
 ment or residence at any institution of higher education. A fee  of  ten
 dollars,  as  authorized  by  subdivision  eight  of section one hundred
 sixty-eight-b of this article, shall be submitted by  the  sex  offender
 each time such offender registers any change of address or any change of
 [his  or  her] SUCH OFFENDER'S status of enrollment, attendance, employ-
 ment or residence at any institution of higher education. Any failure or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 omission to submit the required fee shall not affect the  acceptance  by
 the division of the change of address or change of status.
   §  3.  Section  168-a of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19. "ONLINE GAMER ACCOUNT" MEANS A USER NAME OR OTHER NAME, OR IDENTI-
 FYING DATA THAT ALLOWS SUCH INDIVIDUAL  OR  USER  TO  ENGAGE,  SPECTATE,
 MESSAGE,  COMMUNICATE,  PARTICIPATE,  OR  PLAY ON THE INTERNET, CONSOLE,
 GAMING SYSTEM, AND/OR NETWORK, IN WHICH OTHER INDIVIDUALS CAN ENGAGE  IN
 THE  SAME  GAME,  GAMES, ACTIVITIES, OR MULTIPLAYER FEATURES. AN "ONLINE
 GAMER ACCOUNT" INCLUDES,  BUT  IS  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  A  CONSOLE  GAMING
 ACCOUNT,  COMPUTER  GAMING  ACCOUNT,  USER TAG, USER ACCOUNT, USER NAME,
 NETWORK ACCOUNT, X-BOX GAMER TAG,  PLAYSTATION  NETWORK  NAME,  NINTENDO
 NETWORK ID, NINTENDO SWITCH ONLINE ACCOUNT/NAME, ONLINE MULTIPLAYER USER
 NAME, ONLINE MULTIPLAYER PLAYING ACCOUNT, UNIQUE USER NAME, OR ANY OTHER
 PROFILE  AND/OR  NAMED  ACCOUNT  THAT  ALLOWS SUCH INDIVIDUAL OR USER TO
 ENGAGE, SPECTATE, MESSAGE, COMMUNICATE,  PARTICIPATE,  OR  PLAY  ON  THE
 INTERNET,  CONSOLE,  GAMING SYSTEM, AND/OR NETWORK, IN WHICH OTHER INDI-
 VIDUALS CAN ENGAGE IN THE SAME GAME, GAMES, ACTIVITIES,  OR  MULTIPLAYER
 FEATURES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.