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History
- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 54–5
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.414
- Reported and committed to finance
- Print number 1850b
- Amend (t) and recommit to codes
- Referred to codes
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
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- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–6
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.992
- Reported and committed to finance
- Committee discharged and committed to codes
- Print number 1850a
- Amend (t) and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Companion bill
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Enacts "Brittany's Law- Domestic Violence Prevention Act" requiring registration of violent felony offenders
In Assembly Committee · Correction · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1850B
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to enacting "Brittany's Law - Domestic Violence Protection Act"
Purpose
To establish a violent felony offender registry.
Summary of provisions
Amends the correction law to require violent felony offenders as defined in § 70.02 of the penal law, to register with DCJS upon discharge, parole or release from any state or local facility, hospital or institution and to allow dissemination of and access to certain information to the general public. Annual registration requirements and corresponding procedural guidelines are established to allow local law enforcement agencies and the state to monitor the whereabouts of violent felony offenders.
Justification
Many other states have some form of a violent felony offender registry. Unfortunately, New York is not among those progressive states that have taken constructive steps to track the whereabouts of violent felony offenders who, as research indicates, are likely to repeat violent crimes upon release from prison. Protecting the public from violent offenders is a primary governmental interest and the registration of convicted felony offenders reentering the community is a control that helps protect individuals from victimization. This bill, with provisions based on the "Omnibus Sex Offender Registration Act", represents a balanced and comprehensive approach to this effort.
A man charged in a brutal attack of a victim in Massena, New York, was out on parole and had a lengthy history of arrests including assault with a hammer. John Edward Brown, a parolee, was released from prison after serving only 2 1/2 years of a 3 year sentence for violently assaulting his infant daughter in 2003. He murdered Helen Buchel and her daughter Brittany Passalacqua in Geneva in 2009. These are just two examples of how the early parole of a dangerous criminal has led to tragedy.
In the wake of these and other violent attacks, it has become clear that we must increase our efforts to further protect our citizenry. This proposal will not only provide law enforcement with a valuable investigative tool in the fight against violent crime, but it also provides important information to communities since violent felony offenders post a high risk of reoffending once released from custody.
Legislative history
2011 - Passed Senate; Held in Correction Committee in Assembly. 2012 - Passed Senate; Held in Correction Committee in Assembly.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
180 days after it shall have become a law.
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