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- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–4
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.934
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
- Print number 1959a
- Amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Requires certain level three sex offenders to wear an electronic monitoring device for life
In Assembly Committee · Correction · Sponsor Michael Simanowitz
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BILL NUMBER:S1959A
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring certain level three sex offenders to wear an electronic monitoring device for life
Purpose
The law would require all Level 3 Sexual Offenders who have been convicted of violent crimes against children wear an electronic monitoring device for life with the cost to be absorbed by the sexual offender and not the state or local municipality.
Summary of provisions
Amends paragraph (b-2) of subdivision 2 of section 168-f of the correction law, as added by section 2 of part O of chapter 56 of the laws of 2005.
Justification
For those that have been found guilty of sexual offenses against children, incarceration is not a cure and will not deter them from re-offending. In fact, recidivism for these crimes is very high. New York State must do more to protect children from convicted sex offenders who have served their time and are released back into the community. Technology now exists that will allow for 24 hour monitoring of violent criminals. Therefore, we must use that technology to protect our children. If enacted, this bill would require the lifetime monitoring of Level 3 Sex offenders who have perpetrated acts against children. This will allow law enforcement to know immediately if offenders are in an area that they are prohibited.
Fiscal implications
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred and twentieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to any level three sex offender convicted of any violent crime against child on or after the effective date of this act.
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