Assembly Bill A2404

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits registered sex offenders from using or being within five hundred feet of any state or municipal-owned park

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A2404 (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:
2009-2010: A3599
2011-2012: A282
2013-2014: A1993
2015-2016: A1482
2017-2018: A805
2019-2020: A945
2021-2022: A5290

2023-A2404 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits registered sex offenders from using or being within five hundred feet of any state or municipal-owned park.

2023-A2404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2404
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ANGELINO, DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO, DURSO, LEMONDES,
   McDONOUGH, MIKULIN, MILLER, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting  sex
   offenders from using state and municipal parks

   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 renumbered by chap-
 ter 604 of the laws of 2005, is  renumbered  section  168-x  and  a  new
 section 168-w is added to read as follows:
   §  168-W.  PROHIBITING  USE  OF  PARKS.  ANY PERSON WHO IS REQUIRED TO
 REGISTER PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE IS PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING, BEING  IN
 OR  BEING LOCATED WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PLAC-
 ES:
   1. STATE PARK.
   2. MUNICIPAL-OWNED PARK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06447-01-3

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