Bill Text: NY A06017 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6017 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing rape in the first, second or third degree, criminal sexual act in the first, second or third degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first, second, third or fourth degree, or incest in the first, second or third degree, against a person less than eighteen years old, he or she intentionally causes the death of such person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 25-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-25 - held for consideration in codes [A06017 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06017-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6017

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 4, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. LAWLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting "Paula's law"

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  "Paula's law".
     3    §  2.  Legislative  intent.  This act is an expansion of "Joan's Law",
     4  enacted in 2004, which denies parole in these  circumstances  for  child
     5  victims under the age of fourteen. This act expands upon "Joan's Law" by
     6  including child victims under the age of eighteen.
     7    §  3.  Subdivision 5 of section 125.25 of the penal law, as amended by
     8  chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
     9    5. Being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing
    10  rape in the first, second or third degree, criminal sexual  act  in  the
    11  first,  second or third degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggra-
    12  vated sexual abuse in the first, second,  third  or  fourth  degree,  or
    13  incest  in the first, second or third degree, against a person less than
    14  [fourteen] eighteen years old, he or she intentionally causes the  death
    15  of such person.
    16    § 4. 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.
                                                                   LBD08315-01-1