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- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.537
- Referred to codes
Companion bill
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Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Linda Rosenthal
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to removing a certain time period for the crime of persistent sexual abuse
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to remove the ten year time period in relation to being defined as a person who has committed persistent sexual abuse. Previously, one who had committed the crime of forcible touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, or sexual abuse in the second degree, within a ten year period, would be guilty of persistent sexual abuse.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1. Amends section 130.53 of the penal law
Section 2. Establishes the effective date
Justification
Sexual abuse is a serious issue. Preventative measures must be taken in order to protect the people of the great State of New York. Those who commit sexual abuses must know that such acts will not be tolerated, and the consequences for such acts should reflect that message accordingly. By allowing individuals to be convicted of a class E felony only if one commits the sexual abuses within a ten year period sends the wrong message and must be corrected. This legislation aims to correct this oversight.
Prior legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which the act shall have become a law.
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