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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 15, 2017 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1791 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Mar 06, 2017 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S5027
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2017-S5027 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1097
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §130.53, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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S5027, A1097
2017-S5027 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5027 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to removing a certain time period for the crime of persistent sexual abuse PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this bill is to remove the ten year time period in relation to being defined as a person who has committed persistent sexual abuse. Previously, one who had committed the crime of forcible touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, or sexual abuse in the second degree, within a ten year period, would be guilty of persistent sexual abuse. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends section 130.53 of the penal law Section 2. Establishes the effective date JUSTIFICATION : Sexual abuse is a serious issue. Preventative measures must be taken in order to protect the people of the great State of New York. Those who commit sexual abuses must know that such acts will not be
2017-S5027 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5027 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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: § 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. § 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. LBD04965-01-7
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