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Assembly Bill A4536

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that the intentional murder of a child under the age of twelve shall be a first degree murder offense

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2021-A4536 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §125.27, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9743
2015-2016: A4918
2017-2018: A3370
2019-2020: A4461
2023-2024: A3817
2025-2026: A6855

2021-A4536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the intentional murder of a child under the age of twelve shall be a first degree murder offense.

2021-A4536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4536
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. COOK, COLTON, BARNWELL, HUNTER, STIRPE, TAYLOR,
   BUTTENSCHON, GRIFFIN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, DAVILA, NIOU  --  Multi-Spon-
   sored  by -- M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to first degree murder  of  a
   child under the age of twelve

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act may be cited and shall be known as "Maddox's Law".
   § 2.  Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 125.27 of the penal law, as added by chapter 300 of the laws of 2001, is
 amended and a new subparagraph (xiv) is added to read as follows:
   (xiii) the victim was killed in furtherance of an act of terrorism, as
 defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section  490.05  of  this
 chapter; [and] OR
   (XIV) THE VICTIM WAS A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE; AND
   § 3. 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.
                                                            LBD07688-01-1

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