Senate Bill S8279

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees; repealer

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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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2019-S8279 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A794
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §§130.40, 130.45 & 130.50, amd Pen L, generally; amd CP L, generally; amd §168-a, Cor L; amd §384-b, Soc Serv L; amd §509-cc, V & T L; amd §§117, 301.2, 308.1, 347.1, 344.4 & 1052, Fam Ct Act; amd §§61, 62 & 64, Civ Rts L; amd §§213-c & 215, CPLR; amd §123, Ag & Mkts L; amd §4, Judy L; amd §§170 & 200, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9774
2013-2014: A3339
2015-2016: A4959
2017-2018: A4249
2021-2022: S1075, A6319
2023-2024: S3161, A3340

2019-S8279 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees.

2019-S8279 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8279 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8279
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 1, 2020
                                ___________
 
 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,  the  criminal  procedure  law,  the
   correction  law, the social services law, the vehicle and traffic law,
   the family court act, the civil rights law, the civil practice law and
   rules, the agriculture and markets law,  the  judiciary  law  and  the
   domestic  relations  law,  in  relation to sex offenses; and to repeal
   certain provisions of the penal law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Sections  130.40,  130.45 and 130.50 of the penal law are
 REPEALED.
   § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 130.00 of the penal law, subdivi-
 sion 2 as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of  2003,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  "[Sexual  intercourse]  VAGINAL  SEXUAL CONTACT" [has its ordinary
 meaning and occurs upon any penetration, however slight]  MEANS  CONDUCT
 BETWEEN  PERSONS  CONSISTING OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE PENIS AND THE VAGINA
 OR VULVA.
   2. (a) "Oral sexual [conduct] CONTACT" means conduct  between  persons
 consisting of contact between the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the
 anus, or the mouth and the vulva or vagina.
   (b)  "Anal  sexual  [conduct]  CONTACT"  means conduct between persons
 consisting of contact between the penis and anus.
   § 3. Section 130.25 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1  of  the
 laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 § 130.25 Rape in the third degree.
   A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when:
   1.  He  or  she engages in [sexual intercourse] VAGINAL SEXUAL CONTACT
 with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of some factor
 other than being less than seventeen years old;
   2. HE OR SHE ENGAGES IN ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT WITH ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS
 INCAPABLE OF CONSENT BY REASON OF SOME FACTOR OTHER THAN BEING LESS THAN
 SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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