Senate Bill S4061A

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status Via A4763 - Delivered to Governor

  • 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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2023-S4061 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4763
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
2021-2022: S4812, A7247

2023-S4061 - Summary

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

2023-S4061 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4061 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4061
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MANNION, PALUMBO -- 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 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
 parole  or post-release supervision arising from the most recent commit-
 ment to the department; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUCH WEBSITE
 THAT ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO SEARCH FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07804-01-3

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2023-S4061A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4763
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
2021-2022: S4812, A7247

2023-S4061A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S4061A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4061A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4061--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MANNION, 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, 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.
                                                            LBD07804-04-4

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