Senate Bill S4812A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that websites providing incarcerated individual information be searchable by the incarcerated individual's name, former name or alias

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

  • 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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2021-S4812 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7247
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7303
2013-2014: S1209
2015-2016: S1745
2017-2018: S785
2019-2020: S3536
2023-2024: S4061, A4763

2021-S4812 - Summary

Requires that websites providing incarcerated individual information be searchable by the incarcerated individual's name, former name or alias.

2021-S4812 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4812 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4812
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- 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 requiring that
   websites providing inmate information be searchable  by  the  inmate's
   name, former name or alias

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 9 of the correction law, as added by section  2  of
 part  OO  of  chapter  56  of  the  laws  of 2010, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 9. Access to inmate information via  the  internet.  Notwithstanding
 any  provision  of  law to the contrary, any information relating to the
 conviction of a person, except for a person convicted of an offense that
 would make such person ineligible for merit  time  under  section  eight
 hundred  three of this chapter or an offense for which registration as a
 sex offender is required as set forth in subdivision  two  or  three  of
 section  one  hundred sixty-eight-a of this chapter, that is posted on a
 website maintained by or for the department, under article  six  of  the
 public  officers  law, may be posted on such website for a period not to
 exceed five years after the expiration  of  such  person's  sentence  of
 imprisonment  and  any  period  of  parole  or post-release supervision;
 provided, however, that in the case of a person who has  been  committed
 to  the  department  on  more than one occasion, the department may post
 conviction information relating to any prior commitment on such  website
 for  a  period  not  to  exceed  five years after the expiration of such
 person's sentence of imprisonment and any period of parole  or  post-re-
 lease supervision arising from the most recent commitment to the depart-
 ment;  PROVIDED  FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUCH WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS THE
 PUBLIC TO SEARCH FOR INMATE INFORMATION SHALL BE PROGRAMMED  IN  SUCH  A
 MANNER  THAT  THE  SEARCH  MAY  BE  SUCCESSFUL  BY INPUT OF THE INMATE'S
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2021-S4812A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7247
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7303
2013-2014: S1209
2015-2016: S1745
2017-2018: S785
2019-2020: S3536
2023-2024: S4061, A4763

2021-S4812A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that websites providing incarcerated individual information be searchable by the incarcerated individual's name, former name or alias.

2021-S4812A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4812A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4812--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. REICHLIN-MELNICK, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Crime
   Victims, Crime and Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime
   Victims, Crime and Correction in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  correction  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  that
   websites  providing  incarcerated individual information be searchable
   by the incarcerated individual's name, former name or alias
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 9 of the correction law, as added by section 2 of
 part OO of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010 and  the  section  heading  as
 amended  by  chapter  322  of  the  laws  of 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 9. Access to information of incarcerated individuals via the  inter-
 net.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any informa-
 tion  relating  to  the  conviction  of  a  person,  except for a person
 convicted of an offense that would make such person ineligible for merit
 time under section eight hundred three of this chapter or an offense for
 which registration as a sex offender is required as set forth in  subdi-
 vision  two  or three of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this chap-
 ter, that is posted on a website maintained by or  for  the  department,
 under  article  six  of  the  public officers law, may be posted on such
 website for a period not to exceed five years after  the  expiration  of
 such person's sentence of imprisonment and any period of parole or post-
 release supervision; provided, however, that in the case of a person who
 has  been  committed  to  the  department on more than one occasion, the
 department may post conviction information relating to any prior commit-
 ment on such website for a period not to exceed  five  years  after  the
 expiration  of  such person's sentence of imprisonment and any period of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08285-03-2

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