Bill Text: NY S06679 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Raises the penalty for sexual abuse in the 2nd degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-15 - referred to codes [S06679 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06679-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6679
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 4, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- 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 changing sexual  abuse  in
          the second degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony
          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 130.60 of the  penal  law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter  1  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E felony.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09140-01-5