New York S 3113: Prohibits certain sex offenders from residing near school grounds

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S03113 Summary:

BILL NOS03113 

&nbsp

SAME ASNo Same As

&nbsp

SPONSORHELMING

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Ren §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L

&nbsp

Prohibits certain sex offenders from residing within 1,350 feet of school grounds, except that in cities having a population of one million or more, no such sex offender may reside within 500 feet of school grounds; establishes a violation thereof shall be a class C felony.

Go to top S03113 Actions:

BILL NOS03113 

&nbsp

01/23/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Go to topS03113 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS03113 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS03113 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3113

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting certain
 sex offenders from residing near the boundaries of any school

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chap-
 2 ter 604 of the laws of 2005, is renumbered section 168-x and a new
 3 section 168-w is added to read as follows:
 4 § 168-w. Residence near school boundary; prohibition. 1. No designated
 5 sex offender shall reside within one thousand three hundred fifty feet
 6 of the boundaries of any school that works with, instructs or treats
 7 children under the age of eighteen years; provided, however, that in a
 8 city having a population of one million or more, no designated sex
 9 offender shall reside within five hundred feet of the boundaries of any
 10 school that works with, instructs or treats children under the age of
 11 eighteen years.
 12 2. For the purposes of this section:
 13 (a) "Boundaries of any school" means in, on or within any building,
 14 structure, athletic playing field, playground or land contained within
 15 the real property boundary line of a certified day care center, public
 16 or private elementary, intermediate, junior high, vocational or high
 17 school, or similar educational institution where children are in daily
 18 attendance.
 19 (b) "Designated sex offender" means any sex offender who was:
 20 (i) convicted of the commission of or an attempt to commit any
 21 violation of section 130.20, 130.25, 130.30, 130.35, 130.55, 130.60,
 22 130.65, 130.66, 130.67, 130.70, 130.75, 130.80 or 255.25 or article two
 23 hundred sixty-three of the penal law; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07197-01-5

 S. 3113 2

 1 (ii) convicted of any sex offense or sexually violent offense, where
 2 the victim of such offense was under the age of eighteen years.
 3 3. Any designated sex offender who violates any provision of subdivi-
 4 sion one of this section shall be guilty of a class C felony.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 6 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps