Assembly Bill A6946

                             
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                                   6946
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORINELLO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to making sex  trafficking  a
   violent felony
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  70.02  of  the
 penal  law,  as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) Class B violent felony offenses: an attempt to  commit  the  class
 A-I  felonies  of  murder  in  the  second  degree as defined in section
 125.25, kidnapping in the first degree as defined in section 135.25, and
 arson in the first degree as defined in section 150.20; manslaughter  in
 the  first  degree as defined in section 125.20, aggravated manslaughter
 in the first degree as defined in section  125.22,  rape  in  the  first
 degree as defined in section 130.35, a crime formerly defined in section
 130.50,  aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the  first  degree as defined in
 section 130.70, course of sexual conduct against a child  in  the  first
 degree  as  defined  in  section  130.75, assault in the first degree as
 defined in section 120.10, kidnapping in the second degree as defined in
 section 135.20, burglary in the  first  degree  as  defined  in  section
 140.30, arson in the second degree as defined in section 150.15, robbery
 in  the  first  degree  as defined in section 160.15, sex trafficking as
 defined in [paragraphs (a) and  (b)  of  subdivision  five  of]  section
 230.34,  sex  trafficking  of  a  child  as defined in section 230.34-a,
 incest in the first  degree  as  defined  in  section  255.27,  criminal
 possession of a weapon in the first degree as defined in section 265.04,
 criminal  use  of  a  firearm  in the first degree as defined in section
 265.09, criminal sale of a firearm in the first  degree  as  defined  in
 section  265.13,  aggravated  assault  upon  a police officer or a peace
 officer as defined in section 120.11, gang assault in the  first  degree

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10102-01-5
              

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 as  defined  in  section 120.07, intimidating a victim or witness in the
 first degree as defined in  section  215.17,  hindering  prosecution  of
 terrorism  in  the  first  degree as defined in section 490.35, criminal
 possession  of  a  chemical  weapon  or  biological weapon in the second
 degree as defined in section 490.40, and  criminal  use  of  a  chemical
 weapon  or  biological  weapon in the third degree as defined in section
 490.47.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.