Assembly Bill A4265

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to sex offender registration of change of address and internet accounts

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A4265 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4623
2023-2024: A2942

2025-A4265 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires sex offenders to register information no later than three days after any changes; requires local law enforcement to submit all change of address and internet access provider forms to the registry.

2025-A4265 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4265
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to sex offender regis-
   tration of change of address and internet accounts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  4 of section 168-f of the correction law, as
 amended by chapter 67 of the  laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  Any  sex  offender  shall register with the division no later than
 [ten] THREE calendar days after any change of address, internet accounts
 with internet access providers  belonging  to  such  offender,  internet
 identifiers  that  such  offender  uses, or [his or her] THEIR status of
 enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at  any  institution  of
 higher  education.  A  fee  of ten dollars, as authorized by subdivision
 eight of section one hundred sixty-eight-b of  this  article,  shall  be
 submitted  by  the  sex  offender  each time such offender registers any
 change of address or any change of [his or her] THEIR status of  enroll-
 ment,  attendance,  employment or residence at any institution of higher
 education. Any failure or omission to submit the required fee shall  not
 affect the acceptance by the division of the change of address or change
 of status.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SHALL SUBMIT ALL CHANGE OF ADDRESS AND
 INTERNET ACCESS PROVIDER FORMS TO THE REGISTRY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05566-01-5

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