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History
- Substituted by A1067A
- Amended on third reading 1989a
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.494
- Referred to codes
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.211
- Motion to discharge - carried - roll call vote
- Motion to discharge filed
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- Referred to codes
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Relates to the offense of sexual abuse in the first degree
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor RoAnn Destito
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1989A
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to sexual abuse of a person under the age of thirteen
Purpose
This bill would strengthen New York State's criminal laws that relate to child sex abusers.
Summary of provisions
Section One of this bill would amend Section 130.65 of the Penal Law as amended by Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2000, by providing that a person is guilty of sexual abuse in the first degree when he or she is twenty-one years old or older and subjects another person to sexual contact who is less than thirteen years old.
Section Two of this bill would provide for the effective date.
Justification
In 2001, the New York State Legislature enacted the Sexual Assault Reform Act. Among the changes made to the Penal Law at that time were subdivisions to Rape in the First Degree, Section 130.35(4) and Criminal Sexual Act (formerly Sodomy) in the First Degree, Section 130.50(4). These new subdivisions made it a class B violent felony when a perpetrator over the age of eighteen had sexual intercourse or anal or oral contact with a victim under the age of thirteen. No change in age was made at that time to the crime of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, Section 130.65 which makes it a class D violent felony only when the victim is under the age of eleven. Thus, a perpetrator would be guilty of only a class A misdemeanor if he or she subjects a child who is eleven or twelve years old to sexual contact.
This legislation would add a subdivision four to Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, making it a class D violent felony offense for a child under thirteen to be subjected to sexual contact by a person who is twenty-one years old or older. As the law stands in New York State, a person who puts their hand down the pants of an eleven or twelve year old is subjected to the same penalty as a person who steals a pack of gum from a convenience store; that is unacceptable and this measure will correct that inequity.
Legislative history
2009 - 3rd reading calendar.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
The first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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