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Assembly Bill A27

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Amends the definition of forcible touching

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2013-A27 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง130.52, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2907
2017-2018: A3111
2019-2020: A6946

2013-A27 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definition of forcible touching.

2013-A27 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   27

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to forcible touching

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

  Section 1. Section 130.52 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  264
of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
S 130.52 Forcible touching.
  A  person  is  guilty  of  forcible  touching  when such person inten-
tionally, and for no legitimate purpose[,]:
  1. forcibly touches the sexual or  other  intimate  parts  of  another
person  for  the purpose of degrading or abusing such person; or for the
purpose of gratifying the actor's sexual desire; OR
  2. TOUCHES THE SEXUAL OR OTHER INTIMATE PARTS OF  ANOTHER  PERSON,  OR
SUBJECTS ANOTHER PERSON TO SEXUAL CONTACT, FOR ANY SUCH PURPOSE, AND THE
ACTOR  INTENTIONALLY  SELECTED FOR SUCH ACT OR ACTS A LOCATION THAT MADE
IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE VICTIM  TO  AVOID  SUCH  TOUCHING  OR
SEXUAL CONTACT.
  For  the  purposes of this section, forcible touching includes squeez-
ing, grabbing or pinching.
  Forcible touching is a class A misdemeanor.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00454-01-3

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