STATE OF NEW YORK
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2254
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 18, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- 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 endangering the welfare of
a child
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 260.10 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
3 1-a. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the
4 care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, he or she
5 attempts to injure, threatens to injure, knowingly injures, or engages
6 in conduct likely to injure a member of the child's family or household;
7 or
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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