Bill Text: NY A00847 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the class E felony offense of forcible touching against a child who is under 13 years old.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A00847 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00847-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           847
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 11, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SIMOTAS, THIELE, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, BRAUNSTEIN,
          MONTESANO, CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  ABBATE,  JOHNS,
          MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
        AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
          of forcible touching against a child
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.51 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 130.51 Forcible touching against a child.
     4    A person is guilty of forcible touching  against  a  child  when  such
     5  person intentionally and for no legitimate purpose, forcibly touches:
     6    1.  the  sexual  or other intimate parts of a child for the purpose of
     7  degrading or abusing such child; or for the purpose  of  gratifying  the
     8  actor's  sexual  desire, and the victim is less than thirteen years old;
     9  or
    10    2. any part of a child for the purpose of gratifying the actor's sexu-
    11  al desire, and the victim is less than thirteen years old.
    12    For the purposes of this section, forcible touching includes,  but  is
    13  not limited to squeezing, grabbing or pinching.
    14    Forcible touching against a child is a class E felony.
    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.
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