New York S 1395: Requires sex offenders to verify their residence and registration on a biannual basis

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S01395 Summary:

BILL NOS01395 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§168-b, 168-f, 168-g & 168-h, Cor L

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Requires sex offenders to verify their residence and registration on a biannual basis; provides that the division shall mail a verification form to each registered sex offender on a different random date during each six month period of the calendar year.

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BILL NOS01395 

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1395

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK -- 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 requiring sex offen-
 ders to verify their registration with the sex offender registry on a
 biannual basis

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 168-b of the correction law, as
 2 added by chapter 192 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 3 4. The division shall, upon a different random date during each six
 4 month period of the calendar year, mail a nonforwardable verification
 5 form to the last reported address of the person for [annual] biannual
 6 verification requirements.
 7 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 168-f of the
 8 correction law, as added by chapter 192 of the laws of 1995, is amended
 9 to read as follows:
 10 For a sex offender required to register under this article [on each
 11 anniversary of the sex offender's initial registration date] upon
 12 receipt of each randomly mailed biannual verification form during the
 13 period in which [he] such person is required to register under this
 14 section the following applies:
 15 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 168-g of the correction law, as amended
 16 by section 18 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011,
 17 is amended to read as follows:
 18 2. Every sex offender who on the effective date of this article is
 19 then on community supervision or probation for an offense provided for
 20 in subdivision two or three of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this
 21 article shall within ten calendar days of such determination register
 22 with [his] their parole or probation officer. [On each anniversary of]
 23 On and after the sex offender's initial registration date [thereafter],

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01756-01-5

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 1 the provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight-f of this article
 2 shall be deemed to apply to such offender. Any sex offender who fails or
 3 refuses to so comply shall be subject to the same penalties as otherwise
 4 provided for in this article which would be imposed upon a sex offender
 5 who fails or refuses to so comply with the provisions of this article on
 6 or after such effective date.
 7 § 4. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 168-h of the correction law, as
 8 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2006, are amended to read as
 9 follows:
 10 1. The duration of registration and verification for a sex offender
 11 who has not been designated a sexual predator, or a sexually violent
 12 offender, or a predicate sex offender, and who is classified as a level
 13 one risk, or who has not yet received a risk level classification, shall
 14 be [annually] biannually for a period of twenty years from the initial
 15 date of registration.
 16 2. The duration of registration and verification for a sex offender
 17 who, on or after March eleventh, two thousand two, is designated a sexu-
 18 al predator, or a sexually violent offender, or a predicate sex offen-
 19 der, or who is classified as a level two or level three risk, shall be
 20 [annually] biannually for life. Notwithstanding t