Bill Text: NY A03966 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to the definition of a sexually violent offender and sex offense as applied to out-of-state offenders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to correction [A03966 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03966-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         3966--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 31, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, O'DONNELL, COLTON, AUBRY -- read once and
          referred  to the Committee on Correction -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee

        AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the definitions of a
          sexually violent offender and sex offense as applied  to  out-of-state
          offenders

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (d)  of  subdivi-
     2  sion  2  of  section  168-a  of the correction law, subparagraph (ii) as
     3  amended by chapter 11 of the laws of  2002  and  subparagraph  (iii)  as
     4  amended  by  chapter  232  of  the  laws of 2008, are amended to read as
     5  follows:
     6    (ii) [a felony in any other jurisdiction for  which  the  offender  is
     7  required  to register as a sex offender in the jurisdiction in which the
     8  conviction occurred or, (iii)] any of the provisions of 18 U.S.C.  2251,
     9  18  U.S.C.  2251A,  18  U.S.C. 2252, 18 U.S.C. 2252A, 18 U.S.C. 2260, 18
    10  U.S.C. 2422(b), 18 U.S.C. 2423, or 18 U.S.C.  2425,  provided  that  the
    11  elements of such crime of conviction are substantially the same as those
    12  which  are  a part of such offense as of the date on which this subpara-
    13  graph takes effect.
    14    § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the correction
    15  law, as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as
    16  follows:
    17    (b) a conviction  of  an  offense  in  any  other  jurisdiction  which
    18  includes  all  of the essential elements of any such felony provided for
    19  in paragraph (a) of this subdivision [or conviction of a felony  in  any
    20  other  jurisdiction  for which the offender is required to register as a
    21  sex offender in the jurisdiction in which the conviction occurred].
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07211-02-9
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