NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2468

Senate Bill S2468

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to law enforcement agencies reporting sex offender changes of address to the division of criminal justice services

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 21, 2025	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

2025-S2468 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S3037
2019-2020: S7960
2021-2022: S2222
2023-2024: S750

2025-S2468 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires law enforcement agencies to report sex offender changes of address within five business days to the division of criminal justice services.

2025-S2468 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2468

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to reporting sex offen-
der changes of address to the division of criminal justice services

 
PURPOSE::

The bill will require that any change of address or other status that is
submitted to a local law enforcement agency is transmitted to the state
division of criminal justice services within five business days.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::

Section one of the bill amends section 168-f of the correction law as it
relates to clarifying that a sex offender may submit a change of address
or other status to a law enforcement agency and requires that the law
enforcement agency forward the form to the division of criminal justice
services within five business days.

Section two of the bill relates to the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION::

Currently, a registered sex offender is required to notify the division
of criminal justice services (5555) within 10 days of their change of
address. This bill clarifies that the sex offender may submit the change
of address or other status to a local law enforcement agency. It will
also place a statutory time frame for which the law enforcement agency
is required to forward such change of address form to DCJS. This bill
would require that they forward the form within five business days to
ensure that the sex offender registry is accurate and up to date.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::

S.750 of 2023-2024; Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction;

S. 2222 of 21-22: Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction;

S. 7960 of 2020: Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction;

A. 1930 of 2019: Referred to Correction;

S. 3037-A of 2018: Advanced to third reading, Committed to Rules;

S. 3037-A of 2017: Amended on third reading, Committed to Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::

This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S2468 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2468
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 reporting sex  offen-
   der changes of address to the division of criminal justice services

   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,  OR  A  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION, no later than ten 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] SUCH  OFFENDER'S  status  of  enrollment,
 attendance,  employment or residence at any institution of higher educa-
 tion. IF ANY SEX OFFENDER SUBMITS A CHANGE OF ADDRESS, INTERNET ACCOUNTS
 WITH INTERNET ACCESS PROVIDERS  BELONGING  TO  SUCH  OFFENDER,  INTERNET
 IDENTIFIERS  THAT  SUCH  OFFENDER  USES,  OR  SUCH  OFFENDER'S STATUS OF
 ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE, EMPLOYMENT OR RESIDENCE AT  ANY  INSTITUTION  OF
 HIGHER  EDUCATION  TO  A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION, THE
 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL, WITHIN FIVE  BUSINESS  DAYS,  FORWARD  THE
 FORM TO THE DIVISION. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF
 THE  COMPLETED FORM TO THE OFFENDER AND RETAIN A COPY FOR ITS RECORDS. 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] SUCH OFFENDER'S status of enrollment, 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06629-01-5

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