Bill Text: NY A05054 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the timeliness of prosecutions for assaults committed against children; establishes the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the child has reached the age of eighteen or the offense is reported, whichever occurs earlier.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-17 - held for consideration in codes [A05054 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05054-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5054
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BLANKENBUSH, LAVINE, CROUCH, FINCH, GIGLIO --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  ABBATE,  HAWLEY  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Codes
        AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the timeli-
          ness of prosecutions for assaults committed against children
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of the
     2  criminal procedure law is relettered paragraph (h) and a  new  paragraph
     3  (g) is added to read as follows:
     4    (g)  For  purposes  of  a  prosecution involving an assault defined in
     5  section 120.01, 120.05 or 120.12 of the penal law; an assault defined in
     6  section 120.10, 120.20 or 120.25 of the penal law  committed  against  a
     7  child less than eighteen years of age; or the offense of endangering the
     8  welfare  of  a  child as defined in section 260.10 of the penal law, the
     9  period of limitation shall not begin to run until the child has  reached
    10  the  age  of  eighteen,  or the offense is reported to a law enforcement
    11  agency or the statewide central register of child  abuse  and  maltreat-
    12  ment, whichever occurs earlier.
    13    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law and shall apply to offenses committed on or after such
    15  effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09148-01-9