Assembly Bill A4404

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits law enforcement agencies from releasing level one sex offender information to the general public over the internet

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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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2019-A4404 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-b, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7560
2011-2012: A7289
2013-2014: A4587
2015-2016: A2491
2017-2018: A4043

2019-A4404 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits law enforcement agencies from releasing level one sex offender information to the general public over the internet.

2019-A4404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4404
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEPRIN,  O'DONNELL,  AUBRY  -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in  relation  to  the  sex  offender
   registration act and prohibiting the release of level one sex offender
   information over the internet to the general public

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of  subdivision  2  of  section  168-b  of  the
 correction  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  645  of the laws of 2005, is
 amended to read as follows:
   e. The division shall require that  no  information  included  in  the
 registry  shall  be  made  available  except  in  the furtherance of the
 provisions of this article, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  PROHIBITING
 LAW  ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM RELEASING INFORMATION ABOUT LEVEL ONE SEX
 OFFENDERS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OVER THE INTERNET, AS PROVIDED BY  PARA-
 GRAPH  (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-L OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07253-01-9

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