Bill Text: NY A06946 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the definition of forcible touching.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A06946 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06946-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6946 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 27, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to forcible touching The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 130.52 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 264 2 of the laws of 2003, the opening paragraph and subdivision 1 as amended 3 and subdivision 2 as added by chapter 250 of the laws of 2015, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 § 130.52 Forcible touching. 6 A person is guilty of forcible touching when such person inten- 7 tionally, and for no legitimate purpose: 8 1. forcibly touches the sexual or other intimate parts of another 9 person for the purpose of degrading or abusing such person, or for the 10 purpose of gratifying the actor's sexual desire; [or] 11 2. subjects another person to sexual contact for the purpose of grati- 12 fying the actor's sexual desire and with intent to degrade or abuse such 13 other person while such other person is a passenger on a bus, train, or 14 subway car operated by any transit agency, authority or company, public 15 or private, whose operation is authorized by New York state or any of 16 its political subdivisions; or 17 3. touches the sexual or other intimate parts of another person, or 18 subjects another person to sexual contact, for any such purpose, and the 19 actor intentionally selected for such act or acts a location that made 20 it difficult or impossible for the victim to avoid such touching or 21 sexual contact. 22 For the purposes of this section, forcible touching includes squeez- 23 ing, grabbing or pinching. 24 Forcible touching is a class A misdemeanor. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 26 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10333-01-9