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Senate Bill S388
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
2019-S388 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S388 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S388 SPONSOR: LANZA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to information contained in the sex offender registry PURPOSE: Requires the Division of Criminal Justice Services' (DCJS) website that provides sex offender registry information to be searchable by the zip code of a registrant's employment. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends subdivision 1 of section 168-q of the correction law as amended by chapter 532 of the laws of 2011. JUSTIFICATION: While government has taken major actions to inform the public that a
2019-S388 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 388 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 information contained in the sex offender registry THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 168-q of the correction law, as amended by chapter 462 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 1. The division shall maintain a subdirectory of level two and three sex offenders. The subdirectory shall include the exact address, address of the offender's place of employment and photograph of the sex offender along with the following information, if available: name, physical description, age and distinctive markings. Background information including all of the sex offender's crimes of conviction that require him or her to register pursuant to this article, modus of operation, type of victim targeted, the name and address of any institution of higher education at which the sex offender is enrolled, attends, is employed or resides and a description of special conditions imposed on the sex offender shall also be included. The subdirectory shall have sex offender listings categorized by county and zip code. Such subdirectory shall be made available at all times on the internet via the division homepage. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE SUBDIRECTORY SHALL BE SEARCHABLE VIA THE INTERNET BY THE ZIP CODE FOR BOTH THE OFFENDER'S RESIDENCE ADDRESS AND HIS OR HER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. Any person may apply to the division to receive automated e-mail notifications whenever a new or updated subdirectory registration occurs in a geographic area specified by such person. The division shall furnish such service at no charge to such person, who shall request e-mail notification by county EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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