S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1595
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. LANZA, MATTERA, MURRAY -- 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, in relation to in-person appearance
requirements for level two sex offenders
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (b-2) and (b-3) of subdivision 2 of section
168-f of the correction law, as added by section 2 of part O of chapter
56 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
(b-2) If the sex offender has been given a level TWO OR LEVEL three
designation, [he or she] SUCH OFFENDER shall personally appear at the
law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within twenty days of the
first anniversary of the sex offender's initial registration and every
year thereafter during the period of registration for the purpose of
providing a current photograph of such offender. The law enforcement
agency having jurisdiction shall photograph the sex offender and shall
promptly forward a copy of such photograph to the division. For purposes
of this paragraph, if such sex offender is confined in a state or local
correctional facility, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdic-
tion shall be the warden, superintendent, sheriff or other person in
charge of the state or local correctional facility.
(b-3) If the sex offender has been given a level one [or level two]
designation, [he or she] SUCH OFFENDER shall personally appear at the
law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within twenty days of the
third anniversary of the sex offender's initial registration and every
three years thereafter during the period of registration for the purpose
of providing a current photograph of such offender. The law enforcement
agency having jurisdiction shall photograph the sex offender and shall
promptly forward a copy of such photograph to the division. For purposes
of this paragraph, if such sex offender is confined in a state or local
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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correctional facility, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdic-
tion shall be the warden, superintendent, sheriff or other person in
charge of the state or local correctional facility.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.