Assembly Bill A9091

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the penalty for the offense of predatory sexual assault against a child

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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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2021-A9091 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S231
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§70.00, 70.06 & 70.40, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5610
2015-2016: S1083
2017-2018: S2088
2019-2020: S383
2023-2024: A4766, S3391

2021-A9091 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the penalty for the offense of predatory sexual assault against a child; provides for lifetime parole for such felons.

2021-A9091 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9091
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAWLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to sentence of imprisonment
   for the offense of predatory sexual assault against a child
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (ii)  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of
 section 70.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 107 of the laws of
 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) For a class A-II felony, such minimum period shall  not  be  less
 than  three years nor more than eight years four months, except that for
 the class A-II felony of predatory sexual assault as defined in  section
 130.95  of  this  chapter  [or the class A-II felony of predatory sexual
 assault against a child as defined in section 130.96 of  this  chapter,]
 such minimum period shall be not less than ten years nor more than twen-
 ty-five  years AND FOR THE CLASS A-II FELONY OF PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT
 AGAINST A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.96 OF THIS CHAPTER SUCH  MINI-
 MUM PERIOD SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AND THE MAXIMUM TERM
 SHALL BE LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 70.06 of the penal law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  107 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) The minimum period of imprisonment for a  second  felony  offender
 convicted  of  a class A-II felony must be fixed by the court at no less
 than six years and not to exceed twelve and one-half years and  must  be
 specified  in  the  sentence,  except  that for the class A-II felony of
 predatory sexual assault as defined in section 130.95  of  this  chapter
 [or the class A-II felony of predatory sexual assault against a child as
 defined in section 130.96 of this chapter,] such minimum period shall be
 not  less  than  ten  years  nor more than twenty-five years AND FOR THE
 CLASS A-II FELONY OF PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION 130.96 OF THIS CHAPTER SUCH MINIMUM PERIOD SHALL BE NOT  LESS
 THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AND THE MAXIMUM TERM SHALL BE LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03465-01-1
              

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