Senate Bill S4086

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to residency restrictions for sex offenders

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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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2023-S4086 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7619
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S281

2023-S4086 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities to establish residency restrictions for sex offenders.

2023-S4086 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4086 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4086
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- 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 authorizing munici-
   palities to establish residency restrictions for sex offenders

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings. It is the sense of the legislature
 that determinations regarding restrictions upon  the  residence  of  sex
 offenders  who  are  required  to register pursuant to the provisions of
 article 6-C of the correction law should be made by  the  local  munici-
 pality  in  which  such  offenders  reside since municipalities are in a
 better position than the state, after taking  into  consideration  local
 conditions  and  after  determining  what entities with vulnerable popu-
 lations would require protection from registered sex offenders, to  make
 such determinations.
   § 2. Section 168-w of the correction law, as renumbered by chapter 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. MUNICIPAL RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS.  ANY MUNICIPALITY MAY ENACT
 A  LOCAL  LAW  WHICH  IMPOSES  RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS UPON SEX OFFENDERS
 REQUIRED TO REGISTER PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH  RESI-
 DENCY  RESTRICTIONS  ARE  NO  LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE REQUIREMENTS SET
 FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF  SECTION  65.10  OF  THE
 PENAL  LAW  AND SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-C
 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08798-01-3

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