What's happening
This bill prohibits law enforcement from releasing information about level one sex offenders to the general public over the internet.
Why it matters
Limits public access to information about individuals classified as level one (the lowest risk) sex offenders. , potentially reducing stigma and barriers to reentry for these individuals by keeping their information off publicly searchable internet sites.
Shifts the balance between public safety and privacy rights. by restricting the most easily accessible form of notification (the internet), while still allowing law enforcement to share information in other circumstances if permitted by law.
Could impact how communities and organizations make safety decisions. , as less information about level one offenders would be available online, possibly affecting hiring, housing, or community notification practices.
Reflects a legislative move to differentiate treatment of lower-risk sex offenders. from higher-risk categories, potentially signaling a broader policy shift focused on proportionality and rehabilitation.
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Who cares
Law enforcement agencies
The bill would prohibit them from releasing information about level one sex offenders to the general public over the internet.
Level one sex offenders
The bill would restrict law enforcement agencies’ online disclosure of their registry information to the general public.
The division responsible for the sex offender registry
The bill would explicitly include the online disclosure prohibition in its requirement to limit access to registry information.
Headline styles
No Online Listing for Offenders
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to correction
- Referred to correction
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4404
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, O'DONNELL, AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the sex offender registration act and prohibiting the release of level one sex offender information over the internet to the general public
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 2 of section 168-b of the correction law, as amended by chapter 645 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
e. The division shall require that no information included in the registry shall be made available except in the furtherance of the provisions of this article, including, but not limited to, prohibiting law enforcement agencies from releasing information about level one sex offenders to the general public over the internet, as provided by paragraph (a) of subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of this article.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07253-01-9
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