Bill Text: NY A06354 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to crimes committed against a child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-17 - held for consideration in codes [A06354 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06354-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6354 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, MORINELLO, B. MILLER, FINCH, SMITH, MIKULIN, NORRIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee 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. LBD02546-02-9A. 6354 2 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 sexualA. 6354 3 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 amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2019, is amended 50 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 childA. 6354 4 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-3tation shall not begin to run until the child has reached the age of4twenty-three or the offense is reported to a law enforcement agency or5statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment, whichever6occurs 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 189 of the laws of 2018, 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 conduct41against 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, sex trafficking of a child as 48 defined in section 230.34-a, incest in the first degree as defined in 49 section 255.27, criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree as 50 defined in section 265.04, criminal use of a firearm in the first degree 51 as defined in section 265.09, criminal sale of a firearm in the first 52 degree as defined in section 265.13, aggravated assault upon a police 53 officer or a peace officer as defined in section 120.11, gang assault in 54 the first degree as defined in section 120.07, intimidating a victim or 55 witness in the first degree as defined in section 215.17, hindering 56 prosecution of terrorism in the first degree as defined in sectionA. 6354 5 1 490.35, criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in 2 the second degree as defined in section 490.40, and criminal use of a 3 chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree as defined in 4 section 490.47. 5 § 15. Subdivision 3 of section 70.80 of the penal law, as added by 6 chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 7 3. Except as provided by subdivision four, five, six, seven or eight 8 of this section, or when a defendant is being sentenced for a conviction 9 of the class A-II felonies of predatory sexual assault [and], predatory 10 sexual assault against a child, or course of sexual conduct against a 11 child in the first degree as defined in sections 130.95 [and], 130.96 12 and 130.75 of this chapter, or for any class A-I sexually motivated 13 felony for which a life sentence or a life without parole sentence must 14 be imposed, a sentence imposed upon a defendant convicted of a felony 15 sex offense shall be a determinate sentence. The determinate sentence 16 shall be imposed by the court in whole or half years, and shall include 17 as a part thereof a period of post-release supervision in accordance 18 with subdivision two-a of section 70.45 of this article. Persons eligi- 19 ble for sentencing under section 70.07 of this article governing second 20 child sexual assault felonies shall be sentenced under such section and 21 paragraph (j) of subdivision two-a of section 70.45 of this article. 22 § 16. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the 23 penal law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018 24 and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, are 25 amended to read as follows: 26 (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the 27 class B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra- 28 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra- 29 vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined in section 125.21, 30 aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree as defined in section 31 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emer- 32 gency medical services professional as defined in section 120.08, 33 assault on a judge as defined in section 120.09, gang assault in the 34 second degree as defined in section 120.06, strangulation in the first 35 degree as defined in section 121.13, course of sexual conduct against a 36 child in the second degree as defined in section 130.80, burglary in the 37 second degree as defined in section 140.25, robbery in the second degree 38 as defined in section 160.10, criminal possession of a weapon in the 39 second degree as defined in section 265.03, criminal use of a firearm in 40 the second degree as defined in section 265.08, criminal sale of a 41 firearm in the second degree as defined in section 265.12, criminal sale 42 of a firearm with the aid of a minor as defined in section 265.14, 43 aggravated criminal possession of a weapon as defined in section 265.19, 44 soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first 45 degree as defined in section 490.15, hindering prosecution of terrorism 46 in the second degree as defined in section 490.30, and criminal 47 possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree 48 as defined in section 490.37. 49 (c) Class D violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the 50 class C felonies set forth in paragraph (b); reckless assault of a child 51 as defined in section 120.02, assault in the second degree as defined in 52 section 120.05, menacing a police officer or peace officer as defined in 53 section 120.18, stalking in the first degree, as defined in subdivision 54 one of section 120.60, strangulation in the second degree as defined in 55 section 121.12, rape in the second degree as defined in section 130.30, 56 criminal sexual act in the second degree as defined in section 130.45,A. 6354 6 1 sexual abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.65, [course2of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree as defined in3section 130.80,] aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree as defined 4 in section 130.66, facilitating a sex offense with a controlled 5 substance as defined in section 130.90, labor trafficking as defined in 6 paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision three of section 135.35, criminal 7 possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in subdivision 8 five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten of section 265.02, criminal sale of 9 a firearm in the third degree as defined in section 265.11, intimidating 10 a victim or witness in the second degree as defined in section 215.16, 11 soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second 12 degree as defined in section 490.10, and making a terroristic threat as 13 defined in section 490.20, falsely reporting an incident in the first 14 degree as defined in section 240.60, placing a false bomb or hazardous 15 substance in the first degree as defined in section 240.62, placing a 16 false bomb or hazardous substance in a sports stadium or arena, mass 17 transportation facility or enclosed shopping mall as defined in section 18 240.63, and aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the 19 first degree as defined in section 405.18. 20 § 17. Section 130.75 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the 21 laws of 2000, paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 as amended by 22 chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 23 § 130.75 Course of sexual conduct against a child or children in the 24 first degree. 25 1. A person is guilty of course of sexual conduct against a child or 26 children in the first degree when[, over a period of time not less than27three months in duration]: 28 (a) he or she engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct, which 29 includes at least one act of sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct, 30 anal sexual conduct or aggravated sexual contact, with a child less than 31 eleven years old; or 32 (b) he or she, being eighteen years old or more, engages in two or 33 more acts of sexual conduct, which include at least one act of sexual 34 intercourse, oral sexual conduct, anal sexual conduct or aggravated 35 sexual contact, with a child less than thirteen years old[.]; or 36 (c) he or she engages in the acts defined in paragraph (a) or (b) of 37 this subdivision with two or more children. 38 2. A person may not be subsequently prosecuted for any other sexual 39 offense involving the same victim unless the other charged offense 40 occurred outside the time period charged under this section. 41 Course of sexual conduct against a child or children in the first 42 degree is a class [B] A-II felony. 43 § 18. Section 130.80 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the 44 laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 45 § 130.80 Course of sexual conduct against a child or children in the 46 second degree. 47 1. A person is guilty of course of sexual conduct against a child or 48 children in the second degree when[, over a period of time not less than49three months in duration]: 50 (a) he or she engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct with a 51 child less than eleven years old; or 52 (b) he or she, being eighteen years old or more, engages in two or 53 more acts of sexual conduct with a child less than thirteen years old; 54 or 55 (c) he or she engages in the acts defined in paragraph (a) or (b) of 56 this subdivision with two or more children.A. 6354 7 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.
