Bill Text: NY S01269 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the intentional murder of a child under the age of twelve shall be a first degree murder offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S01269 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01269-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1269
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 9, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 first degree murder  of  a
         child under the age of twelve
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  of
    2  section  125.27 of the penal law, as added by chapter 300 of the laws of
    3  2001, is amended and a new  subparagraph  (xiv)  is  added  to  read  as
    4  follows:
    5    (xiii) the victim was killed in furtherance of an act of terrorism, as
    6  defined  in  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section 490.05 of this
    7  chapter; [and] OR
    8    (XIV) THE VICTIM WAS A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE; AND
    9    S 2. 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.
                                                                  LBD00570-01-5