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A06540 Summary:

BILL NO	A06540A
SAME AS	SAME AS S06200-A
SPONSOR	Seawright
COSPNSR	Steck, Jackson, McMahon, Quart, Burdick, Weprin
MLTSPNSR
Amd §10.00, Pen L
Adds the definition of consent to the terms of general use; defines it as a freely given, knowledgeable and informed agreement.

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A06540 Actions:

BILL NO	A06540A
03/19/2021	referred to codes
05/27/2021	amend and recommit to codes
05/27/2021	print number 6540a
01/05/2022	referred to codes

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A06540 Committee Votes:

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A06540 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6540--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 19, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. SEAWRIGHT, STECK, JACKSON, McMAHON -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the definition of consent

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section 10.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 22 to read as follows:
     3    22. "Consent" means a freely given, knowledgeable and informed  agree-
     4  ment.
     5    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     6  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09851-06-1

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