Assembly Bill A2544

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Makes incest with a person less than seventeen years of age a class B felony

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

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2011-A2544 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §255.25, add §255.24, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A4986

2011-A2544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes incest with a person less than seventeen years of age a class B felony.

2011-A2544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2544

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 19, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to incest

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

  Section  1. Section 255.25 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 320
of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
S 255.25 Incest in the [third] FOURTH degree.
  A person is guilty of incest in the [third] FOURTH degree when  he  or
she  marries  or  engages  in sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct or
anal sexual conduct with a person SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR  OLDER  whom
he or she knows to be related to him or her, whether through marriage or
not,  as  an ancestor, descendant, brother or sister of either the whole
or the half blood, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.
  Incest in the [third] FOURTH degree is a class E felony.
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 255.24  to  read
as follows:
S 255.24 INCEST IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  INCEST  IN  THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE
MARRIES OR ENGAGES IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, ORAL SEXUAL CONDUCT,  OR  ANAL
SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A PERSON LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE WHOM HE OR
SHE  KNOWS  TO BE RELATED TO HIM OR HER, EITHER IN OR OUT OF WEDLOCK, AS
AN ANCESTOR, DESCENDANT, BROTHER OR SISTER OF EITHER THE  WHOLE  OR  THE
HALF BLOOD, UNCLE, AUNT, NEPHEW, OR NIECE.
  INCEST IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS B FELONY.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07200-01-1

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