BILL NUMBER: S2312
SPONSOR: ORTT
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, the executive law and the penal law,
in relation to prohibiting sex offenders from living within a quarter
mile of any school, park, playground or building in which child day care
is provided
 
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:
This legislation would prohibit any sex offender from residing within a
quarter mite of any school, playground, park or building in which child
day care is provided.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Amends various sections of taw to require that registered sex offenders
shall be prohibited from living within 1,350 feet, or a quarter mite,
from any school building, playground, park or building in which child
day care is provided.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
In 2007, the North Tonawanda Common Council passed a local law barring
sex offenders from living within 1,350 feet or 1/4 of a mile of any
property where children frequent. Such properties include but are not
limited to, schools, daycares and playgrounds. In an effort to continue
to protect the citizens and children of the State the radius within
which sex offenders are prohibited from residing would be expanded to
1/4 mile.
 
PRIOR_LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-2012: A.8670 S.5680/A.3419 (2013-14); Passed Senate, Referred to
Crime Victims, Crime & Correction
S. 3627 of 2015-2016; Passed Senate S. 248 of 2017 and 2018 passed
Senate
S. 261 of 2019/2020 Referred to Crime Victims, Crime & Correction
S. 3489 of 2021/2022; Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
S.787/A.2012 of 2023/2024; Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and
Correction
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law and shall apply to sex offenders convicted or released on
or after such date.

Statutes affected:
S2312: 168-b correction law, 168-t correction law, 259-c executive law, 65.10 penal law