Assembly Bill A8744

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting a person required to register under the sex offender registration act from possessing an online gamer account

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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-A8744 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3291
2021-2022: A1990

2017-A8744 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting a person required to register under the sex offender registration act from possessing an online gamer account.

2017-A8744 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8744
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting a person
   required to register under the  sex  offender  registration  act  from
   possessing an online gamer account

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chap-
 ter 604 of the laws of 2005, is  relettered  section  168-x  and  a  new
 section 168-w is added to read as follows:
   § 168-W. PROHIBITION OF ONLINE GAMER ACCOUNTS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION  AN  "ONLINE  GAMER ACCOUNT" MEANS A USER NAME OR OTHER NAME, OR
 IDENTIFYING DATA THAT ALLOWS SUCH INDIVIDUAL OR USER  TO  ENGAGE,  SPEC-
 TATE,  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, 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, COMMU-
 NICATE, 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.
   2. A. NO PERSON REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN REGISTRATION UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE
 SHALL  BE  PERMITTED  TO  HAVE  AN ONLINE GAMER ACCOUNT THAT ALLOWS SUCH
 PERSON TO ENGAGE IN THE WATCHING, PARTICIPATION, COMMUNICATION,  MESSAG-
 ING,  TALKING,  AND/OR  PLAYING  OF  ANY TYPE OF GAME OVER THE INTERNET,
 CONSOLE, PLATFORM, SYSTEM, ONLINE MULTIPLAYER FEATURE, OR ANY OTHER TYPE
 OF DEVICE, IN WHICH MINORS ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO AN ONLINE GAMER ACCOUNT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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