BILL NUMBER: S2673
SPONSOR: SALAZAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to clarifying that the
department of corrections is not required to obtain and input into its
electronic record-keeping applications any individual's otherwise uncol-
lected former legal name or any alias; and to amend a chapter of the
laws of 2024 amending the correction law relating to requiring that
websites providing incarcerated individual information be searchable by
the incarcerated individual's name, former name or alias, as proposed in
legislative bills numbers S. 4061-A and A. 4763-A, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof
 
PURPOSE:
This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2024,
c.614.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This legislation would require that information collected by the Depart-
ment of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) related to an
individual's current or former legal names and known aliases be input
into the "Incarcerated Lookup" public search website. It also ensures
that there is no requirement that the department collect additional
information related to former names or aliases and amends the underlying
bills, S. 4061-A and A. 4763-A, effective date to one year after becom-
ing law.
 
EXISTING LAW: Click here
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Pursuant to approval memo 55 of 2024, the Executive sought to ensure
that the underlying chapter's requirement that the public search func-
tion managed by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
(DOCCS) "Incarcerated Lookup" include former legal name(s) or known
alias(es) would not require DOCCS to collect additional information
beyond what it currently gathers. This legislation is a negotiated
change to the underlying chapter that addresses those concerns.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Chapter amendment to Chapter 614 of the Laws of 2024. S.4061-A passed
the Senate in June 2024 and A.4763-A passed the Assembly in March 2024.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
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LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
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EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that section
one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the correction law
relating to requiring that websites providing incarcerated individual
information be searchable by the incarcerated individual's name, former
name or alias, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4061-A and A.
25 4763-A, takes effect.