New York S 155: Requires nonresident visitor sex offenders and registered sex offenders register when temporarily residing within the state

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S00155 Summary:

BILL NOS00155 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03179

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§168-a & 168-f, Cor L; add §398-g, Gen Bus L

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Requires nonresident visitor sex offenders and registered sex offenders register when temporarily residing within the state; requires short-term rental hosts and short-term rental hosting platforms inform nearby property owners when nonresident visitor sex offenders and registered sex offenders are staying in the unit.

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BILL NOS00155 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 155

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 and the general business law, in
 relation to requiring nonresident visitor sex offenders and registered
 sex offenders register when temporarily residing within the state

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

 1 Section 1. Section 168-a of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
 3 19. "Nonresident visitor" or "nonresident visitor sex offender" means
 4 any person required to register as a sex offender in another jurisdic-
 5 tion who is temporarily residing within the state, following the process
 6 set forth by such other jurisdiction, regardless of the length of stay
 7 of such person.
 8 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 168-f of the correction law, as added by
 9 chapter 11 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
 10 6. (a) Any nonresident worker [or], nonresident student or nonresident
 11 visitor, as defined in subdivisions fourteen [and], fifteen and nineteen
 12 of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this article, shall register
 13 [his or her] their current address and the address of [his or her] their
 14 place of employment [or], educational institution attended or the
 15 address of their temporary residence and length of stay at such resi-
 16 dence with the division within ten calendar days after such nonresident
 17 worker [or], nonresident student or nonresident visitor commences
 18 employment [or], attendance at an educational institution or stay at a
 19 temporary residence in the state. Any nonresident worker [or], nonresi-
 20 dent student or nonresident visitor shall notify the division of any
 21 change of residence, employment or educational institution address no
 22 later than ten days after such change. The division shall notify the law

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00612-01-5

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 1 enforcement agency where the nonresident worker is employed [or], the
 2 educational institution is located that a nonresident worker or nonresi-
 3 dent student is present or the address of the temporary residence and
 4 the length of stay at such residence in that agency's jurisdiction.
 5 (b) Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than
 6 ten calendar days prior to having a temporary residence, regardless of
 7 the length of stay at such temporary residence, and shall inform the
 8 division of the address of such temporary residence and the length of
 9 such stay. Any failure or omission to submit the required fee shall not
 10 affect the acceptance by the division of the change of address or change
 11 of status.
 12 (c) Any nonresident visitor sex offender or sex offender staying at a
 13 temporary residence shall inform the owner of the temporary residence if
 14 not a short-term rental unit or the short-term rental host or the host-
 15 ing platform, as such terms are defined in section three hundred nine-
 16 ty-eight-g of the general business law, of such person's status as a
 17 nonresident visitor sex offender or sex offende