Bill Text: NY A05054 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5054 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 7, 2019 ___________ 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