Bill Text: NY A05835 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires persons against whom an order of protection is issued to wear an electronic monitoring device; prohibits the tampering with such a device and violation of such prohibition constitutes a class E felony.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A05835 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05835-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5835 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 19, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, GALEF, ENGLEBRIGHT, RIVERA, JAFFEE, M. G. MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring certain individuals to wear electronic monitoring devices The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new 2 section 530.15 to read as follows: 3 § 530.15 Wearing of electronic tagging devices. 4 1. Any person against whom an order of protection is issued pursuant 5 to this article shall be required to wear an electronic monitoring 6 device. For purposes of this section, "electronic monitoring device" 7 means a device, worn by an individual, that transmits a signal and 8 enables another person or entity to monitor, track and/or pinpoint the 9 location of the individual wearing the device through the reception of 10 that signal. 11 2. An individual shall not tamper with his or her electronic monitor- 12 ing device in any way, nor may they allow another person to tamper with 13 such device. Any person who tampers with an electronic monitoring device 14 shall be guilty of a class E felony. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any 16 person against whom an order of protection has been issued on or after 17 the effective date of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03538-01-9