New York S 1595: Increases the in-person appearance requirements for level two sex offenders

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S01595 Summary:

BILL NOS01595 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSRMATTERA, MURRAY

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Amd §168-f, Cor L

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Increases the in-person appearance requirements for level two sex offenders from every three years to every year.

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1595

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. LANZA, MATTERA, MURRAY -- 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, in relation to in-person appearance
 requirements for level two sex offenders

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b-2) and (b-3) of subdivision 2 of section
 2 168-f of the correction law, as added by section 2 of part O of chapter
 3 56 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
 4 (b-2) If the sex offender has been given a level two or level three
 5 designation, [he or she] such offender shall personally appear at the
 6 law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within twenty days of the
 7 first anniversary of the sex offender's initial registration and every
 8 year thereafter during the period of registration for the purpose of
 9 providing a current photograph of such offender. The law enforcement
 10 agency having jurisdiction shall photograph the sex offender and shall
 11 promptly forward a copy of such photograph to the division. For purposes
 12 of this paragraph, if such sex offender is confined in a state or local
 13 correctional facility, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdic-
 14 tion shall be the warden, superintendent, sheriff or other person in
 15 charge of the state or local correctional facility.
 16 (b-3) If the sex offender has been given a level one [or level two]
 17 designation, [he or she] such offender shall personally appear at the
 18 law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within twenty days of the
 19 third anniversary of the sex offender's initial registration and every
 20 three years thereafter during the period of registration for the purpose
 21 of providing a current photograph of such offender. The law enforcement
 22 agency having jurisdiction shall photograph the sex offender and shall
 23 promptly forward a copy of such photograph to the division. For purposes
 24 of this paragraph, if such sex offender is confined in a state or local

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00613-01-5

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 1 correctional facility, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdic-
 2 tion shall be the warden, superintendent, sheriff or other person in
 3 charge of the state or local correctional facility.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 5 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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