Bill Text: NY A08044 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Updates the definition of sexual intercourse to include contact between the penis and the vagina or vulva, and contact between a foreign object and the vagina or anus, however slight.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes [A08044 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08044-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8044

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                   September 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to updating the definition of
          sexual intercourse

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 130.00 of the penal law is amended
     2  to read as follows:
     3    1.  "Sexual intercourse" [has its ordinary meaning and occurs upon any
     4  penetration] means conduct between persons consisting of contact between
     5  the penis and the vagina or vulva, and conduct between persons  consist-
     6  ing  of contact between a foreign object, as defined in subdivision nine
     7  of this section, and the vagina or anus, however slight.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025 and shall apply to any
     9  offense on or after such effective date.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13165-01-3