Assembly Bill A5012

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases the age from sixteen to eighteen for the defense of infancy

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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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2017-A5012 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §30.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6355
2013-2014: A3692
2015-2016: A5020

2017-A5012 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the age from sixteen to eighteen for the defense of infancy.

2017-A5012 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5012
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. O'DONNELL, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the  applicable
   age for the defense of infancy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 30.00 of the penal law, as amended
 by chapter 481 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Except as provided in subdivision two of  this  section,  a  person
 less than [sixteen] EIGHTEEN years old is not criminally responsible for
 conduct.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09391-01-7

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