STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6118 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the period of limitation for the prosecution of sex offenses committed against chil- dren; and to repeal paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of such law relating to timeliness of the prosecution of course of sexual conduct offenses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of 2 the criminal procedure law are REPEALED, paragraph (g) is relettered 3 paragraph (f) and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows: 4 (e) A prosecution for a sex offense defined in article one hundred 5 thirty of the penal law, other than a sexual offense delineated in para- 6 graph (a) of subdivision two of this section, committed against a child 7 less than eighteen years of age, incest in the first, second or third 8 degree as defined in sections 255.27, 255.26 and 255.25 of the penal law 9 committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, or use of a 10 child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal 11 law, may be commenced within fifteen years after such child has reached 12 the age of eighteen. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to 14 offenses committed on and after such date as well as to offenses commit- 15 ted prior thereto, provided that this act shall not apply to offenses 16 committed prior to such date on which the prosecution thereof was barred 17 under the provisions of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure law in 18 effect immediately prior to such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06325-01-3