Bill Text: NY S03484 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides a person is guilty of facilitating female genitalia mutilation when such person intentionally aids the commission or attempted commission of a person circumcising, excising or infibulating female genitalia of a person less than 18 years old.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-04 - SUBSTITUTED BY A47A [S03484 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3484
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 10, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 female genital mutilation
         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 130.85 of the penal law, as added
    2  by chapter 618 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
    3    1. A person is guilty of female genital mutilation when:
    4    (a) a person knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the  whole
    5  or  any  part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another
    6  person who has not reached eighteen years of age; [or]
    7    (b) being a parent, guardian or other person legally  responsible  and
    8  charged  with  the  care  or custody of a child less than eighteen years
    9  old, he or she knowingly consents to the circumcision, excision or infi-
   10  bulation of whole or part of such child's labia majora or  labia  minora
   11  or clitoris[.]; OR
   12    (C)  A PERSON KNOWINGLY REMOVES OR CAUSES THE REMOVAL OF A PERSON LESS
   13  THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD FROM THIS STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CIRCUMCISING,
   14  EXCISING, OR INFIBULATING, THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE LABIA MAJORA  OR
   15  LABIA MINORA OR CLITORIS OF SUCH PERSON.
   16    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   17  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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