Bill Text: NY S02696 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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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 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S02696 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02696-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2696--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
          Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        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.
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