Bill Text: NY A01222 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole or probation, or conditionally discharged from being upon or within 1,000 feet of the premises of any facility providing child day care, while any person under 18 years of age is present.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-07-15 - enacting clause stricken [A01222 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01222-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1222

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, THIELE, DiPIETRO, STERN -- Multi-Spon-
          sored  by  --  M.    of A. BARCLAY, McDONOUGH, RIVERA -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the penal law and the  executive  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting  sex offenders from being upon the premises of any home or
          facility where child day care is provided

          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 4-a of section 65.10 of the
     2  penal law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (a)  When  imposing  a  sentence of probation or conditional discharge
     5  upon a person convicted of an offense defined  in  article  one  hundred
     6  thirty, two hundred thirty-five or two hundred sixty-three of this chap-
     7  ter, or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of this chapter, and the victim
     8  of  such  offense  was  under  the  age  of eighteen at the time of such
     9  offense or such person has been designated a level  three  sex  offender
    10  pursuant  to subdivision six of section 168-l of the correction law, the
    11  court shall require, as a mandatory condition  of  such  sentence,  that
    12  such  sentenced  offender  shall refrain from knowingly entering into or
    13  upon any school grounds, as that term is defined in subdivision fourteen
    14  of section 220.00 of this chapter, or into, upon or within one  thousand
    15  feet of any other facility or institution primarily used for the care or
    16  treatment  of persons under the age of eighteen, which shall include but
    17  not be limited to any home or facility where child  day  care,  as  such
    18  term  is  defined  in  paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section three
    19  hundred ninety of the social services law, is  provided,  while  one  or
    20  more  of  such  persons  under the age of eighteen are present, provided
    21  however, that when such sentenced offender is a  registered  student  or
    22  participant  or  an  employee  of such facility or institution or entity
    23  contracting therewith or has a family member enrolled in  such  facility

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03228-01-3

        A. 1222                             2

     1  or  institution,  such sentenced offender may, with the written authori-
     2  zation of his or her probation officer or the court and the  superinten-
     3  dent  or  chief  administrator of such facility, institution or grounds,
     4  enter  such  facility,  institution or upon such grounds for the limited
     5  purposes authorized by the probation officer or  the  court  and  super-
     6  intendent  or  chief  officer.  Nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall be
     7  construed as restricting any lawful condition of supervision that may be
     8  imposed on such sentenced offender.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 14 of section 259-c of the executive law, as  amended
    10  by  section  38-b  of  subpart  A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of
    11  2011, is amended to read as follows:
    12    14. notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  where
    13  a  person  serving  a  sentence  for  an  offense defined in article one
    14  hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-five or two  hundred  sixty-three  of
    15  the  penal  law or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law and
    16  the victim of such offense was under the age of eighteen at the time  of
    17  such offense or such person has been designated a level three sex offen-
    18  der  pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of
    19  the correction law, is released  on  parole  or  conditionally  released
    20  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  or  two of this section, the board shall
    21  require, as a mandatory condition of such release, that  such  sentenced
    22  offender  shall  refrain from knowingly entering into or upon any school
    23  grounds, as that term is defined  in  subdivision  fourteen  of  section
    24  220.00  of  the  penal law, or into, upon or within one thousand feet of
    25  any other facility or institution primarily used for the care or  treat-
    26  ment  of  persons under the age of eighteen, which shall include but not
    27  be limited to any home or facility where child day care, as such term is
    28  defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one  of  section  three  hundred
    29  ninety  of  the  social  services law, is provided, while one or more of
    30  such persons under the age of eighteen are  present,  provided  however,
    31  that when such sentenced offender is a registered student or participant
    32  or  an  employee  of  such facility or institution or entity contracting
    33  therewith or has a family member enrolled in such facility  or  institu-
    34  tion, such sentenced offender may, with the written authorization of his
    35  or  her  parole officer and the superintendent or chief administrator of
    36  such facility, institution or grounds, enter such facility,  institution
    37  or  upon  such grounds for the limited purposes authorized by the parole
    38  officer and superintendent or chief officer.  Nothing in  this  subdivi-
    39  sion  shall  be  construed as restricting any lawful condition of super-
    40  vision that may be imposed on such sentenced offender.
    41    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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