What's happening
This bill requires sex offenders to report all addresses where they reside, including multiple or part-time residences, to authorities.
Why it matters
Expands reporting requirements for sex offenders. by mandating disclosure of all addresses where they reside, not just their primary address—this includes multiple homes, part-time residences, and potentially temporary arrangements.
Increases transparency and monitoring capabilities for law enforcement. by ensuring authorities have a more complete picture of a sex offender’s living situation, thereby potentially improving community safety and aiding in compliance checks.
Places additional administrative and legal responsibilities on sex offenders. , who must now keep authorities notified of all their residences within specified timeframes, with penalties for failing to report changes or additional addresses.
May affect individuals with nontraditional or unstable housing. , such as those who split time between relatives, travel for work, or lack permanent housing, requiring frequent updates to authorities and possibly increasing their risk of technical violations.
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Report All Sex Offender Addresses
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History
- Held for consideration in correction
- Referred to correction
- Referred to correction
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6293
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 2, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the residence of a sex offender
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 168-c of the correction law, as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
1. In the case of any sex offender, it shall be the duty of the department, hospital or local correctional facility at least ten calendar days prior to the release or discharge of any sex offender from a correctional facility, hospital or local correctional facility to notify the division of the contemplated release or discharge of such sex offender, informing the division in writing on a form provided by the division indicating the address at which he or she proposes to reside and the name and address of any institution of higher education at which he or she expects to be enrolled, attending or employed, whether for compensation or not, and whether he or she resides in or will reside in a facility owned or operated by such institution. If such sex offender changes his or her place of residence while on parole, such notification of the change of residence shall be sent by the sex offender's parole officer within forty-eight hours to the division on a form provided by the division. If such sex offender changes the status of his or her enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any institution of higher education while on parole, such notification of the change of status shall be sent by the sex offender's parole officer within fortyeight hours to the division on a form provided by the division. In any case, a sex offender must report each address where he or she resides, including any multiple or part-time residences.
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2. In the case of any sex offender on probation, it shall be the duty of the sex offender's probation officer to notify the division within forty-eight hours of [the] all new [place] places of residence on a form provided by the division. If such sex offender changes the status of his or her enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any institution of higher education while on probation, such notification of the change of status shall be sent by the sex offender's probation officer within forty-eight hours to the division on a form provided by the division.
3. In the case in which any sex offender escapes from a state or local correctional facility or hospital, the designated official of the facility or hospital where the person was confined shall notify within twenty-four hours the law enforcement agency having had jurisdiction at the time of his or her conviction, informing such law enforcement agency of the name and aliases of the person, and the address or addresses at which he or she resided at the time of his or her conviction, the amount of time remaining to be served, if any, on the full term for which he or she was sentenced, and the nature of the crime for which he or she was sentenced, transmitting at the same time a copy of such sex offender's fingerprints and photograph and a summary of his or her criminal record.
§ 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 168-f of the correction law, as added by chapter 192 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The verification form shall be signed by the sex offender, and state that he still resides at the address or addresses last reported to the division.
§ 3. 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 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 status of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any institution of higher education. A sex offender must report each address where he or she resides, including any multiple or part-time residences. 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 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.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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