---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to notification requirements of the division of criminal justice services"
description: "Relates to directing the division of criminal justice services to notify the appropriate agencies, within 48 hours of the receipt of a change of address, or of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at an institution of higher education by a sex offender."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 976"
citation: "New York S 976 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bda0b853-1fc7-439b-90f2-3aecb1338801"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S976"
source_hash: "cba4e8cc074949301d8d21267994da03e36fe8d6d9acbe5e5f73401833bdc0e2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 976 (2017-2018) — Relates to notification requirements of the division of criminal justice services

Relates to directing the division of criminal justice services to notify the appropriate agencies, within 48 hours of the receipt of a change of address, or of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at an institution of higher education by a sex offender.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S976 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S976&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S976 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S976)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ORTT — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.9
- **2017-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-01-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-01-23** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A366
- **2017-01-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.13
- **2017-01-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-01-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-15** SIGNED CHAP.17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bda0b853-1fc7-439b-90f2-3aecb1338801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).