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Assembly Bill A2458

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Changes the designation of incest from a class E to a class B felony

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2025-A2458 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§255.25 & 255.26, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1324
2011-2012: A709
2013-2014: A1471
2015-2016: A4707
2017-2018: A2943
2019-2020: A4932
2021-2022: A4081
2023-2024: A2077

2025-A2458 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the designation of incest in the third degree from a class E to a class B felony, and incest in the second degree from a class D to a class B felony.

2025-A2458 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2458
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to making incest a class B
   felony
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. The second undesignated paragraph of section 255.25 of the
 penal law, as amended by chapter 777 of the laws of 2023, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   Incest in the third degree is a class [E] B felony.
   §  2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 255.26 of the penal
 law, as added by chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   Incest in the second degree is a class [D] B felony.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD05934-01-5

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