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A 11703: Relates to notice of transfer of sex offender to community program or residence.
What A 11703 does, verified September 27, 2026
<p>This bill amends the Mental Hygiene Law to require the Commissioner to notify the chief executive officer of any municipality and the superintendent of schools where a facility is located when a sex offender is transferred to a community program or residence within that area. The law mandates that this notice must be provided no later than ten calendar days prior to the transfer. Additionally, the act specifies that these provisions take effect immediately upon introduction.</p>
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to people with disabilities (2026-09-02)Alert me
Quick answers about A 11703
- What is the current status of A 11703?
- As of September 27, 2026, A 11703 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on September 2, 2026, was "referred to people with disabilities".
- Did A 11703 pass?
- Not yet. A 11703 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 11703, and where is it now?
- A 11703 was authored by Asm. Andrea Bailey. Its committee of record is Assembly People with Disabilities.
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, September 2, 2026 · 216 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11703 IN ASSEMBLY September 2, 2026 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bailey) -- read once and referred to the Committee on People with Disabilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to notice of trans- fer of sex offender to community program or residence The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 13.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (j) to read as follows: 3 (j) The commissioner shall notify the chief executive officer of any 4 municipality where a sex offender, as defined pursuant to subdivision 5 one of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of the correction law, is 6 transferred to a community program or residence within his or her muni- 7 cipality. The commissioner shall also notify the superintendent of 8 schools in which such facility is located. Notice shall be given no 9 later than ten calendar days prior to such transfer. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02580-01-5
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