Bill Text: NY S00695 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Changes the designation of incest from a class E to a class B felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00695 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00695-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          695
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed 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:
    1    Section 1. The second undesignated paragraph of section 255.25 of  the
    2  penal  law, as amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    Incest in the third degree is a class [E] B felony.
    5    S 2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 255.26 of the  penal
    6  law,  as added by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
    7  follows:
    8    Incest in the second degree is a class [D] B felony.
    9    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   10  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.
                                                                  LBD00497-01-3