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3 Co-sponsors
History
- Signed chap.462
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.136
- Substituted for A6074A
- Referred to correction
- Returned to assembly
- Repassed senate
- Amended on third reading 6231a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Returned to senate
Show 8 earlier actions
- Recalled from assembly
- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.200
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Requires the division of criminal justice services to include all sex crimes of an offender on the registered sex offender database
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6231A
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the posting of registered sex offender's information
Purpose
This bill changes the sex offender registry so that all crimes which require registration under article six-c of the correction law appear on said registry when a sex offender has been convicted in separate incidences.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends section 168-q of the Correction Law to make all crimes that require registration under article six-c of the correction law available for public view in the sex offender registry.
Section 2 is the effective date.
Justification
Maintaining an up-to-date registry of sex offenders in the State is necessary for the safety of all New Yorkers. A sex offender is any person who commits an offense and is convicted of said offense under subdivision 2 or 3 of section 168-a of the Sex Offender Registration Act. This act has helped local law enforcement agencies, as well as the community, by having offenders register their names, current addresses, and photographs with the State. However, while the current registry holds much valuable information on sex offenders, it does not always include all sexual offenses for which the offender has been convicted. For example, currently, if a person were to be convicted of third degree sexual abuse and first degree rape in two separate incidences, only the most recent crime would appear in the registry. These are two very different crimes with different levels of severity. However, if a neighbor was to check the online sex offender registry, he or she would have no way of knowing about the older rape conviction. This bill would make available for public view all prior convictions which require registration in the sex offender registry.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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