Assembly Bill A1237

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole or probation, or conditionally discharged from being upon the premises of any facility providing child day care

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  • 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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2017-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §65.10, Pen L; amd §259-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7614
2015-2016: A1658
2019-2020: A3480
2021-2022: A1099
2023-2024: A1222

2017-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole or probation, or conditionally discharged from being upon or within 1,000 feet of the premises of any facility providing child day care, while any person under 18 years of age is present.

2017-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1237
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, THIELE, TITUS, RAIA, GRAF, DiPIETRO,
   MURRAY, SKOUFIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LALOR, MAGEE,  McDO-
   NOUGH, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law and the executive law, in relation to
   prohibiting sex offenders from being upon the premises of any home  or
   facility where child day care is provided
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of 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:
   (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 thirty-five or two hundred sixty-three of this chap-
 ter, 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 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 INTO, UPON OR WITHIN ONE THOUSAND
 FEET OF any other facility or institution primarily used for the care or
 treatment of persons under the age of eighteen, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE  BUT
 NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO  ANY HOME OR FACILITY WHERE CHILD DAY CARE, AS SUCH
 TERM IS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  NINETY  OF  THE  SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, IS PROVIDED, 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 of such facility  or  institution  or  entity
 contracting  therewith  or has a family member enrolled in such facility
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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