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Assembly Bill A2771

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases by 1 degree the severity of rape, criminal sexual act, sexual abuse and course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degrees

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2017-A2771 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§130.30, 130.45, 130.60 & 130.80, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6153
2013-2014: A3988
2015-2016: A5009
2019-2020: A4799
2021-2022: A2288
2023-2024: A4749
2025-2026: A2380

2017-A2771 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases by 1 degree the severity of rape in the second degree, criminal sexual act in the second degree, sexual abuse in the second degree and course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree.

2017-A2771 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2771
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BUTLER, BARCLAY, CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M. of A. OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the severity of
   rape in the second degree, criminal sexual act in the  second  degree,
   sexual abuse in the second degree and course of sexual conduct against
   a child in the second degree
 
   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 130.30 of the  penal  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  1  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
 follows:
   Rape in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
   § 2. The closing paragraph of section 130.45  of  the  penal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  264  of  the  laws  of 2003, is amended to read as
 follows:
   Criminal sexual act in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
   § 3. 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.
   §  4.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 130.80 of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   Course of sexual conduct against a child in the  second  degree  is  a
 class [D] C felony.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01361-01-7

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