New York S 637: Relates to notice of transfer of sex offender to community program or residence

Status: REFERRED TO DISABILITIES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 637

Sponsors: Patrick M. Gallivan

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S00637 Summary:

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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Amd §13.09, Ment Hyg L

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Relates to notice of transfer of sex offender to community program or residence.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 637

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to notice of trans-
 fer of sex offender to community program or residence

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

 1 Section 1. Section 13.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (j) to read as follows:
 3 (j) The commissioner shall notify the chief executive officer of any
 4 municipality where a sex offender, as defined pursuant to subdivision
 5 one of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of the correction law, is
 6 transferred to a community program or residence within his or her muni-
 7 cipality. The commissioner shall also notify the superintendent of
 8 schools in which such facility is located. Notice shall be given no
 9 later than ten calendar days prior to such transfer.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02580-01-5

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