Bill Text: NY A02991 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that a person is guilty of assault in 1st degree when such person recklessly engages in sexual conduct knowing he or she has tested positive for and has in fact contracted HIV.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A02991 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02991-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2991
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 21, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PHEF-
         FER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law, in relation to assault and reckless
         endangerment by  engaging  in  sexual  conduct  by  persons  who  have
         contracted HIV
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 120.10 of the penal law, subdivision 4  as  amended
    2  by  chapter 791 of the laws of 1967 and the closing paragraph as amended
    3  by chapter 646 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
    4  S 120.10 Assault in the first degree.
    5    A person is guilty of assault in the first degree when:
    6    1. With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person,  he
    7  OR  SHE  causes such injury to such person or to a third person by means
    8  of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument; or
    9    2. With intent to disfigure another person seriously and  permanently,
   10  or  to destroy, amputate or disable permanently a member or organ of his
   11  OR HER body, he OR SHE causes such injury to such person or to  a  third
   12  person; or
   13    3. Under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life,
   14  he  OR  SHE  recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of
   15  death to another person, and thereby causes serious physical  injury  to
   16  another person; or
   17    4.  In the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempted
   18  commission of a felony or of immediate flight therefrom, he OR  SHE,  or
   19  another participant if there be any, causes serious physical injury to a
   20  person other than one of the participants[.]; OR
   21    5.  SUCH  PERSON  HAS ACTUAL NOTICE THAT HE OR SHE HAS TESTED POSITIVE
   22  FOR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) AND HAS IN FACT  CONTRACTED  HIV,
   23  AND  INTENTIONALLY OR, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES EVINCING A DEPRAVED INDIFFER-
   24  ENCE  TO  HUMAN  LIFE RECKLESSLY, ENGAGES IN SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH ANOTHER
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07720-01-1
       A. 2991                             2
    1  PERSON, AND SUCH CONDUCT IS INTENDED OR REASONABLY  LIKELY  TO  TRANSMIT
    2  HIV TO SUCH OTHER PERSON AND THEREBY TRANSMITS HIV TO SUCH OTHER PERSON.
    3  IT  IS  AN  AFFIRMATIVE  DEFENSE  THAT  SUCH  OTHER PERSON KNEW THAT THE
    4  DEFENDANT  HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR HIV, KNEW SUCH EXPOSURE COULD RESULT,
    5  AND CONSENTED TO SUCH SEXUAL CONDUCT. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SUBDIVISION,
    6  "SEXUAL CONDUCT" SHALL MEAN "SEXUAL INTERCOURSE", "ORAL SEXUAL CONDUCT",
    7  OR "ANAL SEXUAL CONDUCT" AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 130.00 OF
    8  THIS TITLE.
    9    Assault in the first degree is a class B felony.
   10    S 2. Section 120.25 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
   11  S 120.25 Reckless endangerment in the first degree.
   12    A person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the first degree when[,
   13  under]:
   14    1. UNDER circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life,
   15  he  OR  SHE  recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of
   16  death to another person[.]; OR
   17    2. SUCH PERSON HAS ACTUAL NOTICE THAT HE OR SHE  HAS  TESTED  POSITIVE
   18  FOR  HUMAN  IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) AND HAS IN FACT CONTRACTED HIV,
   19  AND INTENTIONALLY OR, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES EVINCING A DEPRAVED  INDIFFER-
   20  ENCE  TO  HUMAN  LIFE RECKLESSLY, ENGAGES IN SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH ANOTHER
   21  PERSON, AND SUCH CONDUCT IS INTENDED OR REASONABLY  LIKELY  TO  TRANSMIT
   22  HIV  TO  SUCH OTHER PERSON. IT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT SUCH OTHER
   23  PERSON KNEW THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR  HIV,  KNEW  SUCH
   24  EXPOSURE  COULD  RESULT,  AND  CONSENTED  TO  SUCH  SEXUAL  CONDUCT. FOR
   25  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "SEXUAL CONDUCT" SHALL MEAN "SEXUAL INTER-
   26  COURSE", "ORAL SEXUAL CONDUCT", OR "ANAL SEXUAL CONDUCT" AS THOSE  TERMS
   27  ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 130.00 OF THIS TITLE.
   28    Reckless endangerment in the first degree is a class D felony.
   29    S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   30  have become a law.