Bill Text: NY S01984 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits sex offenders from playing augmented reality games.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S01984 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S01984-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1984 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 18, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- 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 executive law and the penal law, in relation to prohibiting sex offenders from playing augmented reality games The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 259-c of the executive law, as 2 amended by section 38-b of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws 3 of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 4 15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, where 5 a person is serving a sentence for an offense for which registration as 6 a sex offender is required pursuant to subdivision two or three of 7 section one hundred sixty-eight-a of the correction law, 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 one hundred sixty-eight-l of the 11 correction law or the internet was used to facilitate the commission of 12 the crime, is released on parole or conditionally released pursuant to 13 subdivision one or two of this section, the board shall require, as 14 mandatory conditions of such release, that such sentenced offender shall 15 be prohibited from using the internet to access pornographic material, 16 access a commercial social networking website[,] or augmented reality 17 game, communicate with other individuals or groups for the purpose of 18 promoting sexual relations with persons under the age of eighteen, and 19 communicate with a person under the age of eighteen when such offender 20 is over the age of eighteen, provided that the board may permit an 21 offender to use the internet to communicate with a person under the age 22 of eighteen when such offender is the parent of a minor child and is not 23 otherwise prohibited from communicating with such child. Nothing in this 24 subdivision shall be construed as restricting any other lawful condition EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05585-01-9S. 1984 2 1 of supervision that may be imposed on such sentenced offender. As used 2 in this subdivision, a "commercial social networking website" shall mean 3 any business, organization or other entity operating a website that 4 permits persons under eighteen years of age to be registered users for 5 the purpose of establishing personal relationships with other users, 6 where such persons under eighteen years of age may: (i) create web pages 7 or profiles that provide information about themselves where such web 8 pages or profiles are available to the public or to other users; (ii) 9 engage in direct or real time communication with other users, such as a 10 chat room or instant messenger; and (iii) communicate with persons over 11 eighteen years of age; provided, however, that, for purposes of this 12 subdivision, a commercial social networking website shall not include a 13 website that permits users to engage in such other activities as are not 14 enumerated herein. As used in this subdivision, "augmented reality 15 game" means a digital application or game, typically accessed on mobile 16 devices, including but not limited to: smartphones; tablets; or 17 augmented reality glasses; which causes users to physically move to 18 and/or personally interact with locations outside the user's place of 19 residence for the purpose of achieving goals or moving from place to 20 place within the game. 21 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4-a of section 65.10 of the penal 22 law, as added by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as 23 follows: 24 (b) When imposing a sentence of probation or conditional discharge 25 upon a person convicted of an offense for which registration as a sex 26 offender is required pursuant to subdivision two or three of section one 27 hundred sixty-eight-a of the correction law, and the victim of such 28 offense was under the age of eighteen at the time of such offense or 29 such person has been designated a level three sex offender pursuant to 30 subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of the correction 31 law or the internet was used to facilitate the commission of the crime, 32 the court shall require, as mandatory conditions of such sentence, that 33 such sentenced offender be prohibited from using the internet to access 34 pornographic material, access a commercial social networking website[,] 35 or augmented reality game, communicate with other individuals or groups 36 for the purpose of promoting sexual relations with persons under the age 37 of eighteen, and communicate with a person under the age of eighteen 38 when such offender is over the age of eighteen, provided that the court 39 may permit an offender to use the internet to communicate with a person 40 under the age of eighteen when such offender is the parent of a minor 41 child and is not otherwise prohibited from communicating with such 42 child. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as restricting any 43 other lawful condition of supervision that may be imposed on such 44 sentenced offender. As used in this subdivision, a "commercial social 45 networking website" shall mean any business, organization or other enti- 46 ty operating a website that permits persons under eighteen years of age 47 to be registered users for the purpose of establishing personal 48 relationships with other users, where such persons under eighteen years 49 of age may: (i) create web pages or profiles that provide information 50 about themselves where such web pages or profiles are available to the 51 public or to other users; (ii) engage in direct or real time communi- 52 cation with other users, such as a chat room or instant messenger; and 53 (iii) communicate with persons over eighteen years of age; provided, 54 however, that, for purposes of this subdivision, a commercial social 55 networking website shall not include a website that permits users to 56 engage in such other activities as are not enumerated herein. As usedS. 1984 3 1 in this subdivision, "augmented reality game" means a digital applica- 2 tion or game, typically accessed on mobile devices, including but not 3 limited to: smartphones; tablets; or augmented reality glasses; which 4 causes users to physically move to and/or personally interact with 5 locations outside the user's place of residence for the purpose of 6 achieving goals or moving from place to place within the game. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 8 have become a law.
