S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4042
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 26, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. SAMPSON -- 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 changing sexual abuse in
the second degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 130.60 of the penal law,
as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
follows:
Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class [A misdemeanor] 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.
LBD09140-01-5