New York S 2312: Prohibits any sex offender from residing within a quarter mile of any school, playground, park or building in which child day care is provided

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 
S02312 Summary:

BILL NOS02312 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A07431

&nbsp

SPONSORORTT

&nbsp

COSPNSRO'MARA, ROLISON

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §§168-b & 168-t, ren §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L; amd §259-c, Exec L; amd §65.10, Pen L

&nbsp

Prohibits any sex offender from residing within a quarter mile of any school, playground, park or building in which child day care is provided.

Go to top S02312 Actions:

BILL NOS02312 

&nbsp

01/16/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

Go to topS02312 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS02312 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topS02312 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2312

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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, the executive law and the penal law,
 in relation to prohibiting sex offenders from living within a quarter
 mile of any school, park, playground or building in which child day
 care is provided

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

 1 Section 1. Section 168-b of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
 3 13. The division, when acknowledging initial registration and there-
 4 after in annual correspondence, shall advise each sex offender to whom
 5 the residency restriction in section one hundred sixty-eight-w of this
 6 article applies, concerning the terms and specific duration of such
 7 restriction.
 8 § 2. Section 168-t of the correction law, as amended by chapter 373 of
 9 the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 10 § 168-t. Penalty. Any sex offender required to register or to verify
 11 pursuant to the provisions of this article who fails to register or
 12 verify in the manner and within the time periods provided for in this
 13 article shall be guilty of a class E felony upon conviction for the
 14 first offense, and upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense
 15 shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who violates the
 16 provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight-v or subdivision one of
 17 section one hundred sixty-eight-w of this article shall be guilty of a
 18 class A misdemeanor upon conviction for the first offense, and upon
 19 conviction for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a class
 20 D felony. Any such failure to register or verify may also be the basis
 21 for revocation of parole pursuant to section two hundred fifty-nine-i of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03649-01-5

 S. 2312 2

 1 the executive law or the basis for revocation of probation pursuant to
 2 article four hundred ten of the criminal procedure law.
 3 § 3. Section 168-w of the correction law, as renumbered by chapter 604
 4 of the laws of 2005, is renumbered section 168-x and a new section 168-w
 5 is added to read as follows:
 6 § 168-w. Residency requirements for sex offenders. 1. No sex offender
 7 shall reside in a residence that is within one thousand three hundred
 8 fifty feet of any school building, playground, park or building in which
 9 child day care is provided.
 10 2. For purposes of this section, "school" shall mean a public or
 11 private elementary, parochial, intermediate, junior high, vocational or
 12 high school regularly used for instructional purposes.
 13 3. The provisions of this section shall remain in effect for as long
 14 as the offender is classified as a sex offender.
 15 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting any
 16 lawful condition that may be imposed on a sentenced sex offender.
 17 § 4. Section 259-c of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 18 subdivision 18 to read as follows:
 19 18. when the provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight-w of the
 20 correction law concerning certain restrictions on residence apply,
 21 direct the division to notify the releasee of the restriction i