Bill Text: NY A04011 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to crimes committed against a child.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-05 - held for consideration in codes [A04011 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04011-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4011
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure law and the  civil
          practice  law  and  rules,  in  relation to crimes committed against a
          child
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 260.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 447
     2  of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree.
     4    A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child in the second
     5  degree when:
     6    1. He or she knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to  the
     7  physical,  mental  or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years
     8  old or directs or authorizes such  child  to  engage  in  an  occupation
     9  involving a substantial risk of danger to his or her life or health; or
    10    2.  Being  a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the
    11  care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, he or she fails
    12  or refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of such child
    13  to prevent him or her from becoming  an  "abused  child,"  a  "neglected
    14  child," a "juvenile delinquent" or a "person in need of supervision," as
    15  those  terms  are defined in articles ten, three and seven of the family
    16  court act.
    17    3. A person is not guilty of the provisions of this section when he or
    18  she engages in the conduct  described  in  subdivision  one  of  section
    19  260.00  of this article: (a) with the intent to wholly abandon the child
    20  by relinquishing responsibility for and right to the care and custody of
    21  such child; (b) with the intent that the child  be  safe  from  physical
    22  injury  and  cared  for  in an appropriate manner; (c) the child is left
    23  with an appropriate person, or in a suitable location and the person who
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  leaves the child promptly notifies an appropriate person of the  child's
     2  location; and (d) the child is not more than thirty days old.
     3    Endangering  the  welfare of a child in the second degree is a class A
     4  misdemeanor.
     5    § 2. Section 260.11 of the penal law is renumbered section 260.12.
     6    § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 260.11  to  read
     7  as follows:
     8  § 260.11 Endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.
     9    A  person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child in the first
    10  degree when:
    11    1. He or she knowingly acts in a manner which  creates  a  foreseeable
    12  risk  of either serious physical injury or protracted harm to the mental
    13  or emotional welfare of a child less than seventeen years old; or
    14    2. He or she commits the crime of endangering the welfare of  a  child
    15  in  the  second  degree and has previously been convicted of endangering
    16  the welfare of a child in the second degree as defined in section 260.10
    17  of this article or endangering the welfare  of  a  child  in  the  first
    18  degree as defined in this section.
    19    Endangering  the  welfare  of a child in the first degree is a class D
    20  felony.
    21    § 4. Section 260.12 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 89 of  the
    22  laws of 1984 and as renumbered by section two of this act, is amended to
    23  read as follows:
    24  § 260.12 Endangering the welfare of a child; corroboration.
    25    A  person shall not be convicted of endangering the welfare of a child
    26  as defined in sections 260.10 or  260.11  of  this  article,  or  of  an
    27  attempt  to commit the same, upon the testimony of a victim who is inca-
    28  pable of consent because of mental defect or  mental  incapacity  as  to
    29  conduct  that  constitutes an offense or an attempt to commit an offense
    30  referred to in  section  130.16  of  this  chapter,  without  additional
    31  evidence  sufficient  pursuant  to  section  130.16  of  this chapter to
    32  sustain a conviction of an offense referred to in section 130.16 of this
    33  chapter, or of an attempt to commit the same.
    34    § 5. Section 260.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 447 of the
    35  laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    36  § 260.15 Endangering the welfare of a child; defense.
    37    In any prosecution for endangering the welfare of a child, pursuant to
    38  section 260.10 or 260.11 of this article, based upon an alleged  failure
    39  or  refusal to provide proper medical care or treatment to an ill child,
    40  it is an affirmative defense that the defendant (a) is a parent, guardi-
    41  an or other person legally charged with the  care  or  custody  of  such
    42  child;  and  (b) is a member or adherent of an organized church or reli-
    43  gious group the tenets of which prescribe prayer as the principal treat-
    44  ment for illness; and (c) treated or caused such ill child to be treated
    45  in accordance with such tenets.
    46    § 6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 30.10 of  the  criminal
    47  procedure law, as amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 2008, is amended
    48  to read as follows:
    49    (a) A prosecution for a class A felony, or rape in the first degree as
    50  defined  in  section  130.35  of  the  penal  law, or a crime defined or
    51  formerly defined in section 130.50 of the penal law, or aggravated sexu-
    52  al abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of  the  penal
    53  law,  or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as
    54  defined in section 130.75 of the penal law, or predatory sexual  assault
    55  as  defined  in  section  130.95  of  the penal law, or predatory sexual
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     1  assault against a child as defined in section 130.96 of the  penal  law,
     2  may be commenced at any time;
     3    §  7.  Section  213-c of the civil practice law and rules, as added by
     4  chapter 3 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 213-c. Action by  victim  of  conduct  constituting  certain  sexual
     6  offenses.  Notwithstanding  any other limitation set forth in this arti-
     7  cle, a civil claim or cause of action to recover  from  a  defendant  as
     8  hereinafter  defined,  for  physical,  psychological  or other injury or
     9  condition suffered by a person as a result of acts by such defendant  of
    10  rape  in the first degree as defined in section 130.35 of the penal law,
    11  or criminal sexual act in the first degree as defined in section  130.50
    12  of  the  penal  law,  or  aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree as
    13  defined in section 130.70 of the penal law, or course of sexual  conduct
    14  against  a child in the first degree as defined in section 130.75 of the
    15  penal law, or predatory sexual assault as defined in section  130.95  of
    16  the penal law, or predatory sexual assault against a child as defined in
    17  section  130.96  of  the  penal law may be brought within five years. As
    18  used in this section, the term "defendant" shall mean only a person  who
    19  commits  the  acts  described  in  this  section  or  who, in a criminal
    20  proceeding, could be charged with criminal liability for the  commission
    21  of  such  acts  pursuant to section 20.00 of the penal law and shall not
    22  apply to any related civil claim or cause of action  arising  from  such
    23  acts. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that a crim-
    24  inal  charge be brought or a criminal conviction be obtained as a condi-
    25  tion of bringing a civil cause of action or receiving a  civil  judgment
    26  pursuant  to  this  section  or  be construed to require that any of the
    27  rules governing a criminal proceeding be applicable to  any  such  civil
    28  action.
    29    §  8. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 215 of the civil prac-
    30  tice law and rules, as added by chapter  3  of  the  laws  of  2006,  is
    31  amended to read as follows:
    32    (b)  Whenever  it  is  shown  that  a criminal action against the same
    33  defendant has been commenced with respect to  the  event  or  occurrence
    34  from  which  a  claim governed by this section arises, and such criminal
    35  action is for rape in the first degree as defined in section  130.35  of
    36  the  penal law, or criminal sexual act in the first degree as defined in
    37  section 130.50 of the penal law, or aggravated sexual abuse in the first
    38  degree as defined in section 130.70 of the penal law, or course of sexu-
    39  al conduct against a child in the first degree  as  defined  in  section
    40  130.75  of  the  penal  law,  or  predatory sexual assault as defined in
    41  section 130.95 of the penal law, or predatory sexual assault  against  a
    42  child  as defined in section 130.96 of the penal law the plaintiff shall
    43  have at least five years from the termination of the criminal action  as
    44  defined  in  section  1.20  of  the  criminal  procedure law in which to
    45  commence the civil action, notwithstanding that the  time  in  which  to
    46  commence such action has already expired or has less than a year remain-
    47  ing.
    48    §  9.  Paragraph (f) of subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of the criminal
    49  procedure law, as separately amended by chapters 3 and 320 of  the  laws
    50  of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
    51    (f)  For  purposes  of  a  prosecution  involving  a sexual offense as
    52  defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal  law,  other  than  a
    53  sexual  offense  delineated  in paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this
    54  section, committed against a child less  than  eighteen  years  of  age,
    55  incest  in  the  first,  second  or  third degree as defined in sections
    56  255.27, 255.26 and 255.25 of the penal law  committed  against  a  child
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     1  less  than eighteen years of age, or use of a child in a sexual perform-
     2  ance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal law,[ the period of limi-
     3  tation shall not begin to run until the child has  reached  the  age  of
     4  eighteen  or  the  offense  is  reported  to a law enforcement agency or
     5  statewide central register of child abuse  and  maltreatment,  whichever
     6  occurs earlier.] may be commenced at any time.
     7    §  10. Subdivision 4 of section 130.65 of the penal law, as amended by
     8  chapter 26 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     9    4. When the other person is less than thirteen years old and the actor
    10  is [twenty-one] eighteen years old or older.
    11    § 11. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 130.66  of  the  penal
    12  law, as amended by chapter 485 of the laws of 2009, is amended and a new
    13  paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
    14    (c) When the other person is less than eleven years old[.]; or
    15    (d)  When  the  other  person  is less than thirteen years old and the
    16  actor is eighteen years old or older.
    17    § 12. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 130.67  of  the  penal
    18  law,  as  added by chapter 450 of the laws of 1988, is amended and a new
    19  paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
    20    (c) When the other person is less than eleven years old[.]; or
    21    (d) When the other person is less than  thirteen  years  old  and  the
    22  actor is eighteen years old or older.
    23    §  13.  Paragraph  (c) of subdivision 1 of section 130.70 of the penal
    24  law, as amended by chapter 450 of the laws of 1988, is amended and a new
    25  paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
    26    (c) When the other person is less than eleven years old[.]; or
    27    (d) When the other person is less than  thirteen  years  old  and  the
    28  actor is eighteen years old or older.
    29    §  14.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the penal
    30  law, as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, is amended  to  read
    31  as follows:
    32    (a)  Class  B  violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit the class
    33  A-I felonies of murder in  the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section
    34  125.25, kidnapping in the first degree as defined in section 135.25, and
    35  arson  in the first degree as defined in section 150.20; manslaughter in
    36  the first degree as defined in section 125.20,  aggravated  manslaughter
    37  in  the  first  degree  as  defined in section 125.22, rape in the first
    38  degree as defined in section 130.35, criminal sexual act  in  the  first
    39  degree  as  defined  in  section  130.50, aggravated sexual abuse in the
    40  first degree as defined in section 130.70,  [course  of  sexual  conduct
    41  against  a  child  in  the  first  degree as defined in section 130.75;]
    42  assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.10, kidnapping  in
    43  the  second  degree  as defined in section 135.20, burglary in the first
    44  degree as defined in section 140.30,  arson  in  the  second  degree  as
    45  defined  in  section  150.15,  robbery in the first degree as defined in
    46  section 160.15, sex trafficking as defined in paragraphs (a) and (b)  of
    47  subdivision  five  of  section  230.34,  incest  in  the first degree as
    48  defined in section 255.27, criminal possession of a weapon in the  first
    49  degree  as  defined  in section 265.04, criminal use of a firearm in the
    50  first degree as defined in section 265.09, criminal sale of a firearm in
    51  the first degree as defined in section 265.13, aggravated assault upon a
    52  police officer or a peace officer as defined  in  section  120.11,  gang
    53  assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.07, intimidating a
    54  victim  or  witness  in  the  first degree as defined in section 215.17,
    55  hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first  degree  as  defined  in
    56  section  490.35,  criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological
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     1  weapon in the second degree as defined in section 490.40,  and  criminal
     2  use  of  a  chemical  weapon or biological weapon in the third degree as
     3  defined in section 490.47.
     4    §  15.  Subdivision  3  of section 70.80 of the penal law, as added by
     5  chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     6    3. Except as provided by subdivision four, five, six, seven  or  eight
     7  of this section, or when a defendant is being sentenced for a conviction
     8  of  the class A-II felonies of predatory sexual assault [and], predatory
     9  sexual assault against a child, or course of sexual  conduct  against  a
    10  child  in  the  first degree as defined in sections 130.95 [and], 130.96
    11  and 130.75 of this chapter, or for  any  class  A-I  sexually  motivated
    12  felony  for which a life sentence or a life without parole sentence must
    13  be imposed, a sentence imposed upon a defendant convicted  of  a  felony
    14  sex  offense  shall  be a determinate sentence. The determinate sentence
    15  shall be imposed by the court in whole or half years, and shall  include
    16  as  a  part  thereof  a period of post-release supervision in accordance
    17  with subdivision two-a of section 70.45 of this article. Persons  eligi-
    18  ble  for sentencing under section 70.07 of this article governing second
    19  child sexual assault felonies shall be sentenced under such section  and
    20  paragraph (j) of subdivision two-a of section 70.45 of this article.
    21    §  16. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the
    22  penal law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013 and
    23  paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, are amended
    24  to read as follows:
    25    (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
    26  class  B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
    27  vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
    28  vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined  in  section  125.21,
    29  aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the  second  degree as defined in section
    30  130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman or emergency
    31  medical services professional as defined in section 120.08, assault on a
    32  judge as defined in section 120.09, gang assault in the second degree as
    33  defined in section 120.06, strangulation in the first degree as  defined
    34  in  section  121.13,  course  of  sexual  conduct against a child in the
    35  second degree as defined in  section  130.80,  burglary  in  the  second
    36  degree  as  defined  in  section 140.25, robbery in the second degree as
    37  defined in section 160.10, criminal possession of a weapon in the second
    38  degree as defined in section 265.03, criminal use of a  firearm  in  the
    39  second  degree  as defined in section 265.08, criminal sale of a firearm
    40  in the second degree as defined in section 265.12, criminal  sale  of  a
    41  firearm with the aid of a minor as defined in section 265.14, aggravated
    42  criminal possession of a weapon as defined in section 265.19, soliciting
    43  or  providing  support  for  an  act of terrorism in the first degree as
    44  defined in section 490.15, hindering prosecution  of  terrorism  in  the
    45  second degree as defined in section 490.30, and criminal possession of a
    46  chemical  weapon  or biological weapon in the third degree as defined in
    47  section 490.37.
    48    (c) Class D violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
    49  class C felonies set forth in paragraph (b); reckless assault of a child
    50  as defined in section 120.02, assault in the second degree as defined in
    51  section 120.05, menacing a police officer or peace officer as defined in
    52  section  120.18, stalking in the first degree, as defined in subdivision
    53  one of section 120.60, strangulation in the second degree as defined  in
    54  section  121.12, rape in the second degree as defined in section 130.30,
    55  criminal sexual act in the second degree as defined in  section  130.45,
    56  sexual  abuse  in the first degree as defined in section 130.65, [course
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     1  of sexual conduct against a child in the second  degree  as  defined  in
     2  section  130.80,] aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree as defined
     3  in  section  130.66,  facilitating  a  sex  offense  with  a  controlled
     4  substance  as defined in section 130.90, labor trafficking as defined in
     5  paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision three of section 135.35,  criminal
     6  possession  of  a  weapon  in the third degree as defined in subdivision
     7  five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten of section 265.02, criminal sale of
     8  a firearm in the third degree as defined in section 265.11, intimidating
     9  a victim or witness in the second degree as defined in  section  215.16,
    10  soliciting  or  providing  support for an act of terrorism in the second
    11  degree as defined in section 490.10, and making a terroristic threat  as
    12  defined  in  section  490.20, falsely reporting an incident in the first
    13  degree as defined in section 240.60, placing a false bomb  or  hazardous
    14  substance  in  the  first degree as defined in section 240.62, placing a
    15  false bomb or hazardous substance in a sports  stadium  or  arena,  mass
    16  transportation  facility or enclosed shopping mall as defined in section
    17  240.63, and aggravated unpermitted use of  indoor  pyrotechnics  in  the
    18  first degree as defined in section 405.18.
    19    §  17. Section 130.75 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the
    20  laws of 2000, paragraphs (a) and (b) of  subdivision  1  as  amended  by
    21  chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
    22  §  130.75 Course  of  sexual  conduct against a child or children in the
    23               first degree.
    24    1. A person is guilty of course of sexual conduct against a  child  or
    25  children  in the first degree when[, over a period of time not less than
    26  three months in duration]:
    27    (a) he or she engages in two or more acts  of  sexual  conduct,  which
    28  includes  at  least  one act of sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct,
    29  anal sexual conduct or aggravated sexual contact, with a child less than
    30  eleven years old; or
    31    (b) he or she, being eighteen years old or more,  engages  in  two  or
    32  more  acts  of  sexual conduct, which include at least one act of sexual
    33  intercourse, oral sexual conduct,  anal  sexual  conduct  or  aggravated
    34  sexual contact, with a child less than thirteen years old[.]; or
    35    (c) he or she engages in the acts defined in subdivision (a) or (b) of
    36  this section with two or more children.
    37    2.  A  person  may not be subsequently prosecuted for any other sexual
    38  offense involving the same  victim  unless  the  other  charged  offense
    39  occurred outside the time period charged under this section.
    40    Course  of  sexual  conduct  against  a child or children in the first
    41  degree is a class [B] A-II felony.
    42    § 18. Section 130.80 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of  the
    43  laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    44  § 130.80 Course  of  sexual  conduct  against a child or children in the
    45               second degree.
    46    1. A person is guilty of course of sexual conduct against a  child  or
    47  children in the second degree when[, over a period of time not less than
    48  three months in duration]:
    49    (a)  he  or  she  engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct with a
    50  child less than eleven years old; or
    51    (b) he or she, being eighteen years old or more,  engages  in  two  or
    52  more  acts  of sexual conduct with a child less than thirteen years old;
    53  or
    54    (c) he or she engages in the acts defined in subdivision (a) or (b) of
    55  this section with two or more children.
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     1    2. A person may not be subsequently prosecuted for  any  other  sexual
     2  offense  involving  the  same  victim  unless  the other charged offense
     3  occurred outside the time period charged under this section.
     4    Course  of  sexual  conduct  against a child or children in the second
     5  degree is a class [D] C felony.
     6    § 19. Section 130.53 of the penal law, as amended by  chapter  192  of
     7  the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     8  § 130.53 Persistent sexual abuse.
     9    A  person  is guilty of persistent sexual abuse when he or she commits
    10  the crime of forcible touching, as defined in  section  130.52  of  this
    11  article,  sexual abuse in the third degree, as defined in section 130.55
    12  of this article, or sexual abuse in the second  degree,  as  defined  in
    13  section  130.60  of  this  article,  or sexual misconduct, as defined in
    14  section 130.20 of this article, and, within the previous ten year  peri-
    15  od, excluding any time during which such person was incarcerated for any
    16  reason, has been convicted two or more times, in separate criminal tran-
    17  sactions for which sentence was imposed on separate occasions, of forci-
    18  ble touching, as defined in section 130.52 of this article, sexual abuse
    19  in the third degree as defined in section 130.55 of this article, sexual
    20  abuse  in  the second degree, as defined in section 130.60 of this arti-
    21  cle, or any offense defined in this article, of which the commission  or
    22  attempted commission thereof is a felony.
    23    Persistent sexual abuse is a class E felony.
    24    § 20. Section 10.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
    25  vision 22 to read as follows:
    26    22.  For  the  purposes  of  section  125.25 of this chapter, the term
    27  "depraved  indifference  to  human  life"  means  where  the  defendant,
    28  although not intending to cause death, recklessly engages in a course of
    29  fatal  conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person and
    30  indicates indifference for the value of human life.  Recklessness  shall
    31  be assessed objectively by the circumstances or factual setting in which
    32  the crime occurred.
    33    §  21.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of November next
    34  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law, provided that:
    35    1. section six of this act shall apply to offenses  committed  on  and
    36  after such date as well as to offenses committed prior thereto, provided
    37  that  such section six of this act shall not apply to offenses committed
    38  prior to such date on which the prosecution thereof was barred under the
    39  provisions of section 30.10 of the  criminal  procedure  law  in  effect
    40  immediately prior to such date; and
    41    2.  sections seven and eight of this act shall apply to acts committed
    42  on and after such date as well  as  to  acts  committed  prior  thereto,
    43  provided  that  such  section  seven of this act shall not apply to acts
    44  committed prior to such date where the commencement of an action thereon
    45  was barred under the provisions of article 2 of the civil  practice  law
    46  and rules in effect immediately prior to such date.