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New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending January 18, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

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Source:New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run January 19. 2009.

To retrieve the text of any of the New York bills listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi and enter bill number exactly as indicated below:

CORRECTIONS LAW:

Bill No.
A2004	Weinstein -- Makes technical correction to provisions requiring the review of family court warrants of arrest when considering orders of custody or visitation No Same as Last Act: 01/04/09 referred to judiciary

Last Action Date: 01/07/09(Results Count = )
Bill No.
A1332	Rabbitt (MS) -- Adds respondent to person who may be charged with crime of aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to codes
A1394	Englebright (MS) -- Requires law enforcement agencies to generate a monthly report on community notification procedures for each sex offender No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to correction
A1414	Wright (MS) -- Grants a convicted felon the right to register to vote at any election No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to election law
A1452	Wright (MS) -- Eliminates the imposition of the death penalty for conviction of murder in the first degree; repealer No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to codes
A1465	Wright (MS) -- Enacts the "voting rights notification and registration act" No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to election law
A1535	Gottfried (MS) -- Authorizes the commissioner of correctional services to develop and implement programs in correctional facilities to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to correction
A1675	Wright (MS) -- Clarifies the division of probation and correctional alternatives authority to promulgate rules and regulations No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to codes

Last Action Date: 01/09/09(Results Count = )
Bill No.
A1716	Englebright (MS) -- Prohibits the employment of sex offenders in any position having substantial contact with children No Same as Last Act: 01/09/09 referred to correction
A1747	Gottfried (MS) -- Includes health care facilities operated or supervised by the department of correctional services or local correctional facilities within the definition of hospital No Same as Last Act: 01/09/09 referred to health
A1754	Englebright (MS) -- Requires buyers and lessees of residential real property to be given notice of public access to sex offender information No Same as Last Act: 01/09/09 referred to judiciary
S621	LANZA -- Requires website providing sex offender registry information to be searchable by the zip code of a registrant's employment No Same as Last Act: 01/09/09 REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Last Action Date: 01/12/09(Results Count = )
Bill No.
A1801	Dinowitz (MS) -- Changes community service to be compensatory service in certain sentencing alternative programs No Same as Last Act: 01/12/09 referred to codes

Last Action Date: 01/13/09(Results Count = )
Bill No.
A731	Gottfried (MS) -- Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" Same as A 2264 Last Act: 01/13/09 enacting clause stricken

Last Action Date: 01/14/09(Results Count = )
Bill No.
A1880	Calhoun (MS) -- Requires persons who commit crimes while on release to serve maximum sentence No Same as Last Act: 01/14/09 referred to codes
S728	LANZA -- Provides that certain sex offenders who are released on parole or sentenced to probation may not enter public, association or free libraries No Same as Last Act: 01/14/09 REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
S730	LANZA -- Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board No Same as Last Act: 01/14/09 REFERRED TO CODES

Last Action Date: 01/15/09(Results Count = )
Bill No.
A2032	Benjamin (MS) -- Facilitates absentee voting in local jails and designates several agencies as assisting agencies for voter registration purposes No Same as Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to election law
A2047	John (MS) -- Creates the New York state safe patient handling task force No Same as Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to health
A2068	Benjamin (MS) -- Provides for review by the department of health of policies and practices regarding HIV and AIDS at correctional facilities No Same as Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to health
A2108	Benjamin (MS) -- Requires division of criminal justice services to provide additional information when sex offender is in violation of registration requirements No Same as Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to correction
A2132	John (MS) -- Provides that an offender who fails to register or verify as a sex offender shall have the length of such failure to register or verify added to the duration of registration No Same as Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to correction
A2150	Englebright (MS) -- Specifies due process requirements for determination that offender is a sex offender, sexual predator, sexually violent predator or predicate sex offender; repealer No Same as Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to correction
A2187	Ball (MS) -- Establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in a sexual manner, a class E felony No Same as Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to codes
A2257	Stirpe (MS) -- Expands when a person is guilty of criminal trespass in the second degree No Same as Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to codes
A2264	Gottfried (MS) -- Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" Same as A 731 Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to health
A2266	Wright (MS) -- Enacts the "voting rights notification and registration act" No Same as Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to election law
A2319	Reilich (MS) -- Prohibits inmate of a correctional facility serving a life without parole sentence from having visitation under the family reunion program No Same as Last Act: 01/15/09 referred to correction

Last Action Date: 01/16/09(Results Count = )
Bill No.
A236	Greene -- Establishes a drug treatment alternative to incarceration for certain offenders; appropriation No Same as Last Act: 01/16/09 reference changed to correction

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on January 20, 2009 (boomark / email).