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Jan 22, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S2398
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S2398 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §130.53, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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2015-S2398 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2398 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to persistent sexual abuse PURPOSE: This will bill amend the definition of the crime of persistent sexual abuse to include the crime of sexual misconduct. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 130.53 of penal law by adding that a person is guilty of persistent sexual abuse when he or she within the previous ten year period, has been convicted two or more times, in separate criminal transactions for which a sentence was imposed on separate occasions, of sexual misconduct, as defined in section 130.20 of Article 130 of the Penal Law, and commits the crime of forcible touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, or sexual abuse in the second degree. Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION:
2015-S2398 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2398 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 22, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 persistent sexual abuse THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 130.53 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 192 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: S 130.53 Persistent sexual abuse. A person is guilty of persistent sexual abuse when he or she commits the crime of forcible touching, as defined in section 130.52 of this article, sexual abuse in the third degree, as defined in section 130.55 of this article, or sexual abuse in the second degree, as defined in section 130.60 of this article, and, within the previous ten year peri- od, excluding any time during which such person was incarcerated for any reason, has been convicted two or more times, in separate criminal tran- sactions for which sentence was imposed on separate occasions, of SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.20 OF THIS ARTICLE, forcible touching, as defined in section 130.52 of this article, sexual abuse in the third degree as defined in section 130.55 of this article, sexual abuse in the second degree, as defined in section 130.60 of this arti- cle, or any offense defined in this article, of which the commission or attempted commission thereof is a felony. Persistent sexual abuse is a class 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. LBD07666-01-5
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