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NY A07174
Bill
Status
3/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Monique Chandler-Waterman
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AI Summary
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Requires sex offenders convicted of offenses involving children who are designated as both level three offenders and sexual predators or predicate sex offenders to be fitted with GPS monitors immediately upon release from custody, parole, probation, or discharge
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Courts will determine the duration of GPS monitoring for qualifying offenders, with the device programmed to alert authorities when the offender leaves a designated jurisdiction or enters a forbidden area
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The Division of Criminal Justice Services must annually evaluate each monitored offender's financial ability to pay monitoring costs, with failure to pay triggering a financial hardship hearing
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Monitored sex offenders may petition the sentencing court annually for modification or termination of GPS monitoring requirements, bearing the burden of proof by clear and convincing evidence
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GPS monitoring is temporarily suspended during confinement in correctional facilities, hospitals, or institutions, and resumes immediately upon release
Legislative Description
Provides for monitoring of persons who are pedophiles and both level 3 sex offenders and sexual predators or predicate sex offenders with global positioning system; establishes that the period will be determined by court; provides for the right to appeal, right to modify or terminate order and right to counsel.
Last Action
referred to correction
1/7/2026