New York A 5738: Relates to establishing the Drug Dealer Registration Act

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A05738 Summary:

BILL NOA05738 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORReilly

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COSPNSRNovakhov, Angelino, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSRGiglio

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Add Art 6-D §§169 - 169-w, Cor L

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Relates to establishing the drug dealer registration act; requires that files be maintained for individuals required to register with the division, as well as storing and sharing the information with individuals when requested; defines terms.

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BILL NOA05738 

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02/20/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5738

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to creating the drug
 dealer registration act

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

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new article 6-D
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 6-D
 4 DRUG DEALER REGISTRATION ACT
 5 Section 169. Short title.
 6 169-a. Definitions.
 7 169-b. Duties of the division; registration information.
 8 169-c. Drug dealer; relocation; notification.
 9 169-d. Duties of the court.
 10 169-e. Discharge of drug dealer from correctional facility;
 11 duties of official in charge.
 12 169-f. Duty to register and to verify.
 13 169-g. Prior convictions; duty to inform and register.
 14 169-h. Duration of registration and verification.
 15 169-i. Registration and verification requirements.
 16 169-j. Notification of local law enforcement agencies of change
 17 of address.
 18 169-k. Registration for change of address from another state.
 19 169-l. Board of examiners of drug dealers.
 20 169-m. Review.
 21 169-n. Judicial determination.
 22 169-o. Petition for relief or modification.
 23 169-p. Special telephone number.
 24 169-q. Subdirectory; internet posting.
 25 169-r. Immunity from liability.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03413-01-5

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 1 169-s. Annual report.
 2 169-t. Penalty.
 3 169-u. Unauthorized release of information.
 4 169-v. Prohibition of employment on motor vehicles engaged in
 5 retail sales of frozen desserts.
 6 169-w. Separability.
 7 § 169. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
 8 the "Drug Dealer Registration Act".
 9 § 169-a. Definitions. As used in this article, the following defi-
 10 nitions apply:
 11 1. "Drug dealer" includes any person who is convicted of any of the
 12 offenses set forth in subdivision two of this section. Convictions that
 13 result from or are connected with the same act, or result from offenses
 14 committed at the same time, shall be counted for the purpose of this
 15 article as one conviction. Any conviction set aside pursuant to law is
 16 not a conviction for purposes of this article.
 17 2. "Drug offense" means a conviction of or a conviction for an attempt
 18 to commit any of the provisions of section 220.31, 220.34, 220.39,
 19 220.41, 220.43, 220.44, 220.48, 220.65, 220.73, 220.74, 220.75 or 220.77
 20 of article two hundred twenty of the penal law.
 21 3. "Law enforcement agency having jurisdiction" means: (a) (i) the
 22 chief law enforcement officer in the village, town or city in which the
 23 dealer expects to reside upon discharge, probation, parole, release to
 24 post-release supervision or upon any form of state or local conditional
 25 release; or (ii) if there be no chief law enforcement officer in such
 26 village, town or city, the chief law enforcement officer of the county
 27 in which the dealer expects to reside; or (iii) if there be no chief
 28 enforcement officer in such village, town, city or county, the division
 29 of state police and (b) in the case of a drug dealer who is or expects
 30 to be employed by, enrolled in, attending or employed, whether for
 31 compensation or not, at an institution of higher education, (i) the
 32 chief law enforcement officer