New York A 4610: Relates to sex offender registration and residency restrictions

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A04610 Summary:

BILL NOA04610 

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COSPNSRRa, Santabarbara

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Amd §§168-h, 168-n & 168-o, ren §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L

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Relates to sex offender registration and residency restrictions; sets limitations on the distance sex offenders may be required to live apart from certain areas.

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BILL NOA04610 

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02/04/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4610

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to sex offender regis-
 tration and residency restrictions

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

 1 Section 1. Section 168-h of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 2 11 of the laws of 2002, and subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 1
 3 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 168-h. Duration of registration and verification. 1. The duration of
 5 registration and verification for a sex offender who has not been desig-
 6 nated a sexual predator, or a sexually violent offender, or a predicate
 7 sex offender, and who is classified as a level one risk, or who has not
 8 yet received a risk level classification, shall be annually for a period
 9 of twenty years from the initial date of registration.
 10 2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a sex offender who is classified as
 11 a level one risk and has been designated as a sexual predator, sexually
 12 violent offender, or predicate sex offender or has been convicted of or
 13 has been convicted for an attempt to commit:
 14 (i) any of the provisions of section 120.70, 130.35, 130.53, 130.65,
 15 130.65-a, 130.66, 130.67, 130.70, 130.75, 130.80, 130.90, 130.91,
 16 130.95, 130.96, 135.05, 135.10, 135.20, 135.25, 230.06, 230.32, 250.50,
 17 255.27, 263.10, 263.15 or 263.30 of the penal law;
 18 (ii) any of the provisions of section 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260,
 19 2422, 2423 or 2425 of title 18 of the United States code; or
 20 (iii) has been convicted of any offense in any other jurisdiction
 21 which includes all of the essential elements of any of the foregoing
 22 crimes in this subdivision, shall register annually for life.
 23 3. A sex offender who is classified as a level one risk and has been
 24 convicted of or has been convicted for an attempt to commit any of the
 25 provisions of section 130.20, 130.25, 130.30, 130.52, 130.55 or 130.60

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02509-01-5

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 1 of the penal law, or has been convicted of any offense in any other
 2 jurisdiction which includes all of the essential elements of any of the
 3 foregoing crimes in this subdivision, shall register annually for life
 4 unless at the time of the act, the defendant was less than twenty-one
 5 years old, in which case registration shall be annually for a period of
 6 twenty years from the initial date of registration unless the sex offen-
 7 der has been designated a sexual predator, sexually violent offender or
 8 predicate sex offender and is required to register for life.
 9 4. The duration of registration and verification for a sex offender
 10 who, on or after March eleventh, two thousand two, is designated a sexu-
 11 al predator, or a sexually violent offender, or a predicate sex offen-
 12 der, or who is classified as a level two or level three risk, shall be
 13 annually for life. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a sex offender who is
 14 classified as a level one or level two risk and who is not designated a
 15 sexual predator, a sexually violent offender or a predicate sex offen-
 16 der, may be relieved of the duty to register and verify after a minimum
 17 period of thirty years of registration as provided by subdivision one of
 18 section one hundred sixty-eig