New York A 4443: Relates to the residence of a sex offender near a school and the victim of such offender

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A04443 Summary:

BILL NOA04443 

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Amd §§168-f & 203, Cor L; amd §243, Exec L; amd §10.11, Ment Hyg L; amd §65.10, Pen L; amd §20, Soc Serv L

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Relates to the residence of a sex offender near a school and the victim of such offender.

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BILL NOA04443 

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02/04/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4443

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. O'PHARROW -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, the executive law, the mental
 hygiene law, the penal law, and the social services law, in relation
 to the residence of a sex offender

 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-f of the correction law, as
 2 amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended and two new subdi-
 3 visions 4-a and 4-b are added to read as follows:
 4 4. Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than ten
 5 calendar days after any change of address, internet accounts with inter-
 6 net access providers belonging to such offender, internet identifiers
 7 that such offender uses, or [his or her] their status of enrollment,
 8 attendance, employment or residence at any institution of higher educa-
 9 tion. A fee of ten dollars, as authorized by subdivision eight of
 10 section one hundred sixty-eight-b of this article, shall be submitted by
 11 the sex offender each time such offender registers any change of address
 12 or any change of [his or her] their status of enrollment, attendance,
 13 employment or residence at any institution of higher education. Any
 14 failure or omission to submit the required fee shall not affect the
 15 acceptance by the division of the change of address or change of status.
 16 Any failure or omission to register any change of address or any change
 17 of their status of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at
 18 any institution of higher education shall result in sentence of impri-
 19 sonment for up to one year, a fine of up to one thousand dollars, or
 20 both.
 21 4-a. A sex offender required to register under this article who has
 22 been given the level three designation, where the victim of a register-
 23 ing offense was under the age of eighteen at the time of such offense,
 24 who has established a residence shall not change said residence so as to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08635-01-5

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 1 reside within the area defined as school grounds, as such term is
 2 defined in subdivision fourteen of section 220.00 of the penal law, the
 3 measurements to be taken in straight lines from the center of the near-
 4 est entrance of the residence to the real property boundary line
 5 comprising such school grounds.
 6 4-b. A sex offender required to register under this article shall not
 7 reside within a quarter mile from the workplace and residence of a
 8 victim of such sex offender and, if such sex offender caused the death
 9 of a victim, the sex offender shall not reside within a quarter mile
 10 from the prior residence of the deceased victim, if the spouse, child,
 11 step child, sibling, parent, grandparent or grandchild of the victim
 12 continues to reside at such residence.
 13 § 2. Section 203 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 14 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 15 3. Such guidelines and procedures promulgated by the commissioner in
 16 accordance with subdivision one of this section shall prohibit the
 17 placement of sex offenders designated level three, where the victim of
 18 their offense was under the age of eighteen at the time of such offense,
 19 from residing within the area defined as school grounds, as such term is
 20 defined in subdivision fourteen of section 220.