S06476 Summary:

BILL NOS06476
 
SAME ASSAME AS A04782
 
SPONSORMARTUCCI
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Ren §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L
 
Prohibits a sex offender from being granted by a court, physical or legal custody of, or unsupervised visitation with a child.
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S06476 Actions:

BILL NOS06476
 
04/30/2021REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
01/05/2022REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
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S06476 Committee Votes:

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S06476 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S06476 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6476
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 30, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. MARTUCCI -- 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 correction law, in relation to custody and visita-
          tion rights of a sex offender
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chap-
     2  ter  604  of  the  laws  of  2005, is renumbered section 168-x and a new
     3  section 168-w is added to read as follows:
     4    § 168-w. Custody and visitation rights. 1. Any sex offender designated
     5  as a sexual predator, or a sexually violent offender, or classified as a
     6  level three risk, for a crime involving a  child  shall  be,  except  in
     7  extraordinary  circumstances,  prohibited  from being granted by a court
     8  physical or legal custody of, or unsupervised visitation with, a child.
     9    2. Any sex offender classified as a level three risk shall be presumed
    10  to be ineligible to be granted physical or legal custody of, or unsuper-
    11  vised visitation with, a child, and a  court  shall  grant  physical  or
    12  legal  custody  of, or unsupervised visitation with, a child only if the
    13  sex offender has provided clear and convincing  evidence  that  granting
    14  such custody or visitation will be in the best interest of the child.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05583-02-1
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