Senate Bill S2418

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse

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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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2015-S2418 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A399
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง130.53, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7434, A10639
2011-2012: S1365, A1768
2013-2014: S1222, A1060
2017-2018: S5027, A1097
2019-2020: S1855, A755
2021-2022: S423, A2130
2023-2024: S1951, A461
2025-2026: S3831, A870

2015-S2418 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse.

2015-S2418 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2418 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2418

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 23, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. PERKINS, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, GALLIVAN, HOYLMAN, KENNE-
  DY,  KRUEGER,  PARKER, PERALTA, RANZENHOFER, SAVINO, SQUADRON, VALESKY
  -- 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 removing  a  certain  time
  period for the crime of 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
transactions for which sentence was imposed on  separate  occasions,  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,
sexual  abuse in the second degree, as defined in section 130.60 of this
article, 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 on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which this act shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04076-01-5

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