Assembly Bill A8916

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts "Brittany's Law- Domestic Violence Prevention Act" requiring registration of violent felony offenders

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8916 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1850
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§195.03 & 195.04, Pen L; add Art 6-B §§162 - 167-q, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3134
2011-2012: S3645
2015-2016: A1833, S513
2017-2018: A404, S1107, S7125
2019-2020: A5889, S963, S3382, S4644, S6721
2021-2022: A3471, S2840, S5863
2023-2024: A3665

2013-A8916 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Brittany's Law - Domestic Violence Protection Act" requiring registration of violent felony offenders; sets forth duties of the division of criminal justice services; establishes a special telephone number; requires the division to maintain a subdirectory of violent predators.

2013-A8916 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8916

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the penal law and the correction  law,  in  relation  to
  enacting "Brittany's Law - Domestic Violence Protection Act"

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Brittany's Law
- Domestic Violence Protection Act".
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new  sections  195.03  and
195.04 to read as follows:
S 195.03 FAILURE  TO  REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER IN
           THE SECOND DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A VIOLENT FELO-
NY OFFENDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN, BEING A VIOLENT  FELONY  OFFENDER
REQUIRED  TO  REGISTER  OR  VERIFY  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  SIX-B  OF THE
CORRECTION LAW, HE OR SHE FAILS TO REGISTER OR VERIFY IN THE MANNER  AND
WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS PROVIDED FOR IN SUCH ARTICLE.
  FAILURE  TO  REGISTER  OR  VERIFY  AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER IN THE
SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
S 195.04 FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A VIOLENT FELONY  OFFENDER  IN
           THE FIRST DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A VIOLENT FELO-
NY  OFFENDER  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF
FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERIFY AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER IN THE SECOND
DEGREE AND HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF FAILURE TO REGISTER OR VERI-
FY AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN
SECTION 195.03 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  FAILURE  TO  REGISTER  OR  VERIFY  AS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER IN THE
FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
  S 3. The correction law is amended by adding a new article 6-B to read
as follows:
                               ARTICLE 6-B
                  VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER REGISTRATION
SECTION 162.   DEFINITIONS.

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

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