Bill Text: NY S02368 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases by 1 degree the severity of rape in the second degree, criminal sexual act in the second degree, sexual abuse in the second degree and course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02368 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02368-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2368
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 19, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD,  GOLDEN, LARKIN -- 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 increasing the severity of
         rape in the second degree, criminal sexual act in the  second  degree,
         sexual abuse in the second degree and course of sexual conduct against
         a child in the second degree
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 130.30 of the  penal  law,
    2  as  amended  by  chapter  1  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    Rape in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
    5    S 2. The closing paragraph of section 130.45  of  the  penal  law,  as
    6  amended  by  chapter  264  of  the  laws  of 2003, is amended to read as
    7  follows:
    8    Criminal sexual act in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
    9    S 3. The closing paragraph of section 130.60  of  the  penal  law,  as
   10  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   11    Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY.
   12    S  4.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 130.80 of the penal law, as
   13  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   14    Course of sexual conduct against a child in the  second  degree  is  a
   15  class [D] C felony.
   16    S 5. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   17  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.
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