Bill Text: NY S05198 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to eliminating the statute of limitations for certain crimes of rape and criminal sexual act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S05198 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05198-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         5198--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 15, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the statute
          of limitations for certain crimes of rape and criminal sexual act

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

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 30.10 of the
     2  criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 467 of the laws  of  2008,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) A prosecution for a class A felony, or rape in the first degree as
     5  defined in section 130.35 of the penal law, rape in the second degree as
     6  defined  in  subdivision two of section 130.30 of the penal law, rape in
     7  the third degree as defined in  subdivision  one  or  three  of  section
     8  130.25  of  the  penal  law,  criminal sexual act in the third degree as
     9  defined in subdivision one or three of section 130.40 of the penal  law,
    10  criminal  sexual  act in the second degree as defined in subdivision two
    11  of section 130.45 of the penal law,  or  a  crime  defined  or  formerly
    12  defined  in  section 130.50 of the penal law, or aggravated sexual abuse
    13  in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of the  penal  law,  or
    14  course  of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as defined
    15  in section 130.75 of the penal law may be commenced at any time;
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10760-02-9
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