Bill Text: NY S00655 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 655 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Raises the penalty for sexual abuse in the 2nd degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00655 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00655-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          655
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to changing sexual  abuse  in
         the second degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony
         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 130.60 of the  penal  law,
    2  as  amended  by  chapter  1  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01798-01-3