Bill Text: NY A04799 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Increases by 1 degree the severity of rape in the second degree, criminal sexual act in the second degree, sexual abuse in the second degree and course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-17 - held for consideration in codes [A04799 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04799-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          4799
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 5, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the severity of
          rape in the second degree, criminal sexual act in the  second  degree,
          sexual abuse in the second degree and course of sexual conduct against
          a child in the second degree
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 130.30 of the  penal  law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter  1  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    Rape in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
     5    § 2. The closing paragraph of section 130.45  of  the  penal  law,  as
     6  amended  by  chapter  264  of  the  laws  of 2003, is amended to read as
     7  follows:
     8    Criminal sexual act in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
     9    § 3. The closing paragraph of section 130.60  of  the  penal  law,  as
    10  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    11    Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E felony.
    12    §  4.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 130.80 of the penal law, as
    13  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    14    Course of sexual conduct against a child in the  second  degree  is  a
    15  class [D] C felony.
    16    § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    17  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.
                                                                   LBD08705-01-9
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