Assembly Bill A10026

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "protect our children act"; repealer

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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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2013-A10026 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1721
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §125.25 sub 5, amd Pen L, generally; amd §§30.30, 180.85, 190.25 & 700.05, CP L; amd §509-cc, V & T L; amd §4-1.6, EPT L; amd §§358-a & 384-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5862
2015-2016: A4592, S2964
2017-2018: S714

2013-A10026 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "protect our children act"; establishes certain offenses relating to murder of and violence against a child, obstructing the location of a missing child and concealment of a death.

2013-A10026 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10026

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 9, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Clark) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure law,  the  vehicle
  and  traffic  law,  the  estates, powers and trusts law and the social
  services law, in relation to establishing the offenses  of  aggravated
  murder  of  a  child, aggravated abuse of a child in the third degree,
  aggravated abuse of a child in the second degree, aggravated abuse  of
  a  child  in  the  first  degree,  aggravated manslaughter of a child,
  aggravated endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated murder of  a
  child, obstructing the location of a missing child, and concealment of
  a  death;  and  to repeal subdivision 5 of section 125.25 of the penal
  law relating to the murder of a person under 14 years of age while  in
  the course of committing certain sex offenses

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "protect our children act".
  S  2.  Section  10.00  of  the  penal law is amended by adding two new
subdivisions 22 and 23 to read as follows:
  22. "PERSON IN A POSITION OF TRUST" MEANS ANY PERSON  WHO  IS  CHARGED
WITH  ANY  DUTY  OR  RESPONSIBILITY  FOR THE HEALTH, EDUCATION, WELFARE,
SUPERVISION OR CARE OF ANOTHER PERSON, EITHER INDEPENDENTLY  OR  THROUGH
ANOTHER PERSON, NO MATTER HOW BRIEF.
  23. "CHILD ABUSE OFFENSE" MEANS:
  (A)  PATRONIZING  A  PROSTITUTE  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 230.05; PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS  DEFINED
IN  SECTION  230.06;  PROMOTING  PROSTITUTION  IN  THE  SECOND DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 230.30; PROMOTING PROSTITUTION  IN
THE  FIRST  DEGREE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.32; DISSEMINATING INDECENT
MATERIAL TO MINORS IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  235.21;
DISSEMINATING INDECENT MATERIAL TO MINORS IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED
IN  SECTION 235.22; ABANDONMENT OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 260.00;
NON-SUPPORT OF A CHILD IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
260.05; NON-SUPPORT OF A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION

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

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