New York S 4148: Relates to the issuance of driver's licenses and emergency medical personnel designation; repealer

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S04148 Summary:

BILL NOS04148 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Cor L, generally; amd §65.10, Pen L; amd §259-c, Exec L; amd §530.13, CP L

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Allows a district attorney to file a petition to seek the imposition of residency restrictions for certain sex offenders; allows a sex offender subject to a residency restriction to petition the court which imposed such restriction for an order terminating or modifying such residency restriction.

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BILL NOS04148 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4148

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 penal law, the executive law and
 the criminal procedure law, in relation to establishing residency
 restrictions for sex offenders

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 168-b of the
 2 correction law, as relettered by chapter 10 of the laws of 2003, is
 3 relettered paragraph (g) and a new paragraph (f) is added to read as
 4 follows:
 5 (f) If the sex offender has been given a level 2 or 3 designation and
 6 stands convicted of a felony which requires registration pursuant to
 7 this article, whether such offender is subject to a residency
 8 restriction pursuant to section one hundred sixty-eight-w of this arti-
 9 cle.
 10 § 2. Section 168-b of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 11 subdivision 13 to read as follows:
 12 13. The division, upon initial registration and thereafter in annual
 13 correspondence as required by subdivision four of this section, shall
 14 advise each sex offender who is subject to a residency restriction
 15 pursuant to section one hundred sixty-eight-w of this article, concern-
 16 ing the term's specific duration and the accurate termination date of
 17 such restriction.
 18 § 3. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 168-d of the correction law,
 19 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 684 of the laws of 2005 and subdivi-
 20 sion 3 as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read
 21 as follows:
 22 2. Any sex offender, who is released on probation or discharged upon
 23 payment of a fine, conditional discharge or unconditional discharge

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08414-01-5

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 1 shall, prior to such release or discharge, be informed of [his or her]
 2 such offender's duty to register under this article by the court in
 3 which [he or she] such offender was convicted. At the time sentence is
 4 imposed, such sex offender shall register with the division on a form
 5 prepared by the division. The court shall require the sex offender to
 6 read and sign such form and to complete the registration portion of such
 7 form. The court shall on such form obtain the address where the sex
 8 offender expects to reside upon [his or her] such offender's release,
 9 and the name and address of any institution of higher education [he or
 10 she] such offender expects to be employed by, enrolled in, attending or
 11 employed, whether for compensation or not, and whether [he or she] such
 12 offender expects to reside in a facility owned or operated by such an
 13 institution, and shall report such information to the division. The
 14 court shall give one copy of the form to the sex offender and shall send
 15 two copies to the division which shall forward the information to the
 16 law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction. The court shall also noti-
 17 fy the district attorney and the sex offender of the date of the deter-
 18 mination proceeding to be held pursuant to subdivision three of this
 19 section, whi