New York A 8538: Relates to the unlawful purchase or possession of a body vest

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A08538 Summary:

BILL NOA08538 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05430

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SPONSORLevenberg

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§168-b, 168-f & 168-a, Cor L

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Adds social security number, past home addresses, social media accounts, and online gamer information to the information required to be reported by a sex offender.

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BILL NOA08538 

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05/20/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8538

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 20, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the registration
 information required to be reported by a sex offender

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 168-b of the
 2 correction law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (a) The sex offender's name, social security number, all aliases used,
 5 date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, eye color, driver's license
 6 number, past home addresses, current home address and/or expected place
 7 of domicile, any internet accounts with internet access providers
 8 belonging to such offender and internet identifiers that such offender
 9 uses. For the purposes of this paragraph, "internet accounts" shall
 10 include, but not be limited to, all social media accounts and online
 11 gamer accounts belonging to such offender.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 168-f of the correction law, as amended
 13 by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 14 4. Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than ten
 15 calendar days after any change of address, internet accounts with inter-
 16 net access providers belonging to such offender, internet identifiers
 17 that such offender uses, social media accounts, online gamer accounts or
 18 [his or her] such offender's status of enrollment, attendance, employ-
 19 ment or residence at any institution of higher education. A fee of ten
 20 dollars, as authorized by subdivision eight of section one hundred
 21 sixty-eight-b of this article, shall be submitted by the sex offender
 22 each time such offender registers any change of address or any change of
 23 [his or her] such offender's status of enrollment, attendance, employ-
 24 ment or residence at any institution of higher education. Any failure or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08904-01-5

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 1 omission to submit the required fee shall not affect the acceptance by
 2 the division of the change of address or change of status.
 3 § 3. Section 168-a of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 4 subdivision 19 to read as follows:
 5 19. "Online gamer account" means a user name or other name, or identi-
 6 fying data that allows such individual or user to engage, spectate,
 7 message, communicate, participate, or play on the internet, console,
 8 gaming system, and/or network, in which other individuals can engage in
 9 the same game, games, activities, or multiplayer features. An "online
 10 gamer account" includes, but is not limited to, a console gaming
 11 account, computer gaming account, user tag, user account, user name,
 12 network account, X-box gamer tag, PlayStation Network name, Nintendo
 13 Network ID, Nintendo Switch Online account/name, online multiplayer user
 14 name, online multiplayer playing account, unique user name, or any other
 15 profile and/or named account that allows such individual or user to
 16 engage, spectate, message, communicate, participate, or play on the
 17 internet, console, gaming system, and/or network, in which other indi-
 18 viduals can engage in the same game, games, activities, or multiplayer
 19 features.
 20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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