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| Jan 30, 2012 | referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Jan 23, 2012 | advanced to third reading |
| Jan 19, 2012 | 2nd report cal. |
| Jan 18, 2012 | 1st report cal.59 |
| Jan 04, 2012 | referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
| Mar 31, 2011 | referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Mar 10, 2011 | advanced to third reading |
| Mar 09, 2011 | 2nd report cal. |
| Mar 08, 2011 | 1st report cal.174 |
| Jan 10, 2011 | referred to codes |
senate Bill S1618
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
John L. Sampson
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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Tony Avella
(D) 0 Senate District
Diane J. Savino
(D, IP) 0 Senate District
Toby Ann Stavisky
(D) 11th Senate District
S1618 (ACTIVE) - Details
S1618 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1618 TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To raise the penalty for sexual abuse in the second degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 130.60 of the Penal Law is amended to increase the penalty for this crime from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony. JUSTIFICATION: Under current law the crime of sexual abuse in the second degree is punishable by up to one year in prison. Victims of sexual abuse will remember and relive the horror and trauma of their attacks for the rest of their lives. Being fondled or touched in such an inappropriate manner is humiliating and degrading. Victims of sexual abuse in the second degree are, by definition, incapable of giving consent or they are under the age of 14 years. Sexual abuse in the first degree is a D felony, however, this statute is only applicable where there is force, where the victim is incapable of giving consent or where the victim is less than 11 years old. Thus, perpetrators who
S1618 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1618
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2011
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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:
Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 130.60 of the penal law,
as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
follows:
Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05855-01-1
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