Senate Bill S473

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S473 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5148
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§260.10, 70.02, 260.12 & 260.15, ren §260.11 to be §260.12, add §260.11, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4003, A4509
2013-2014: S2475, A3725
2015-2016: S3362, A2745
2017-2018: S2619, A6455
2019-2020: S368
2021-2022: S4290
2023-2024: S2829

2009-S473 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a new class D violent felony offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree; the current offense of endangering the welfare of a child is converted to the second degree crime.

2009-S473 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S473 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   473

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 the crime  of  endangering
  the  welfare  of  a child and to create a new crime of endangering the
  welfare of a child in the first degree

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 260.10 of the penal law, subdivision 1 as amended
by chapter 476 of the laws of 1990 and subdivision 2 as amended by chap-
ter 920 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
S 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
  A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child IN THE SECOND
DEGREE when:
  1. He knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to  the  phys-
ical,  mental  or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years old
or directs or authorizes such child to engage in an occupation involving
a substantial risk of danger to his life or health; or
  2. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged  with  the
care  or  custody  of  a child less than eighteen years old, he fails or
refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of such child to
prevent him from becoming an "abused  child,"  a  "neglected  child,"  a
"juvenile  delinquent"  or  a  "person in need of supervision," as those
terms are defined in articles ten, three and seven of the  family  court
act.
  Endangering  the  welfare of a child IN THE SECOND DEGREE is a class A
misdemeanor.
  S 2. Section 260.11 of the penal law is renumbered section 260.12.
  S 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 260.11  to  read
as follows:
S 260.11 ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

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

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