BILL NUMBER: S980

SPONSOR: MATTERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to sex offender regis-
tration of change of address and internet accounts

 
PURPOSE:

To provide clarity to organizations responsible for ensuring the infor-
mation on the registry is up to date.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends subdivision four of section 168-f of the correction
law to require any sex offender required to register with the division
to register within three days after a change of address, internet
accounts with Internet access providers, internet identifiers that such
offender uses or his or her status of enrollment, attendance, employment
or residence at any institution of higher education. Local law enforce-
ment is also required to submit all change of address and internet
              

access provider forms to the registry within three days of receipt of
such forms from offenders

Section 2. Establishes that the bill would take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In order to provide clarity to organizations responsible for ensuring
the information on the registry is up to date this bill would require
any sex offender to register within three calendar days after any change
of address internet accounts with internet access providers, internet
identifiers that such offender uses or his or her status of enrollment,
attendance, employment or residence at any institution of higher educa-
tion. Currently the requirement is to register within ten days. Further-
more, in order to ensure that the organizations and law enforcement
responsible for in-person verifications of registered sex offenders have
access to the most recent whereabouts and status of those required to be
on the registry, this bill would require local law enforcement to submit
all change of address and internet access provider forms to the registry
within three days of receipt of such forms from offenders. Currently,
law enforcement is under no such obligation.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18 Passed Senate

2019-2020 Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections

2021-2022 Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.