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A00101 Summary:

BILL NOA00101A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00054-A
 
SPONSORDinowitz
 
COSPNSRPaulin, Lee, Otis, Simon, Seawright, Weprin, Septimo, Hevesi, Rosenthal, Ra, Davila, Stirpe, Bores, Lavine, Gonzalez-Rojas, Glick, Shimsky, Lucas, Jacobson, Zinerman, Levenberg, Lunsford, Burdick, Bichotte Hermelyn, Ramos, Barrett, Zaccaro, Reyes, Colton, McMahon, Simone, Cruz, Tapia, Gandolfo, Slater, Jones, Clark, Woerner, Alvarez, Sayegh, DeStefano, Berger, Cunningham, Kelles, Cook, Raga, Jensen, Blankenbush, Novakhov, Buttenschon, Lupardo, Gallahan, Pheffer Amato, Stern, Angelino, De Los Santos, Braunstein, Chandler-Waterman, Rozic, Rajkumar, Santabarbara, Taylor, Steck, Anderson, Manktelow, Sempolinski, Schiavoni, Epstein, Kay, Durso, Kim, Hooks, Wright, McDonald, Lasher, Griffin, Kassay, Wieder, Beephan, Maher, Bailey, Chang, Torres, Burroughs, Yeger, Jackson, Carroll P, Benedetto, Eachus, Rivera, Molitor
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §130.05, Pen L
 
Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes where the victim is under the extreme influence of any substance which renders them incapable of appraising or controlling such victim's conduct and incapable of clearly expressing lack of consent.
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A00101 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         101--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. DINOWITZ, PAULIN, LEE, OTIS, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT,
          WEPRIN, SEPTIMO, HEVESI, ROSENTHAL, RA, DAVILA, STIRPE, BORES, LAVINE,
          GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GLICK, SHIMSKY, LUCAS, JACOBSON, ZINERMAN,  LEVENBERG,
          LUNSFORD,  BURDICK, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, RAMOS, BARRETT, ZACCARO, REYES,
          COLTON, McMAHON, SIMONE, CRUZ, TAPIA, GANDOLFO, SLATER, JONES,  CLARK,
          WOERNER, ALVAREZ, SAYEGH, DeSTEFANO, BERGER, CUNNINGHAM, KELLES, COOK,
          RAGA,  JENSEN,  BLANKENBUSH, NOVAKHOV, BUTTENSCHON, LUPARDO, GALLAHAN,
          PHEFFER AMATO,    STERN,    ANGELINO,    DE LOS SANTOS,    BRAUNSTEIN,
          CHANDLER-WATERMAN,   ROZIC,  RAJKUMAR,  SANTABARBARA,  TAYLOR,  STECK,
          ANDERSON, MANKTELOW, SEMPOLINSKI, SCHIAVONI, EPSTEIN, KAY, DURSO, KIM,
          HOOKS, WRIGHT, McDONALD, LASHER,  GRIFFIN,  KASSAY,  WIEDER,  BEEPHAN,
          MAHER,  BAILEY,  CHANG, TORRES, BURROUGHS, YEGER, JACKSON, P. CARROLL,
          BENEDETTO, EACHUS, RIVERA, MOLITOR -- read once and  referred  to  the
          Committee  on Codes -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules
          -- Rules Committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the use of the
          intoxication  of  a  victim  as a defense to a criminal charge for sex
          crimes
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (d)  of subdivision 2 of section 130.05 of the
     2  penal law, as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended  and
     3  a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
     4    (d)  Where  the  offense  charged  is  sexual misconduct as defined in
     5  subdivisions one, two and three of section 130.20,  rape  in  the  third
     6  degree as defined in subdivision seven, eight or nine of section 130.25,
     7  or  a  crime  formerly defined in subdivision three of section 130.40 of
     8  this article, in addition to forcible  compulsion,  circumstances  under
     9  which,  at  the  time  of the act of vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00357-02-5

        A. 101--A                           2
 
     1  contact or anal sexual contact, the victim clearly expressed that [he or
     2  she] such victim did not consent to engage in such act, and a reasonable
     3  person in the actor's situation  would  have  understood  such  person's
     4  words and acts as an expression of lack of consent to such act under all
     5  the circumstances[.];
     6    (e)  Where  the  offense  charged  is  sexual misconduct as defined in
     7  subdivisions one, two and three of section 130.20,  rape  in  the  third
     8  degree  as  defined  in  subdivisions  seven,  eight  or nine of section
     9  130.25, or a crime formerly defined  in  subdivision  three  of  section
    10  130.40  of  this  article,  in  addition to forcible compulsion, circum-
    11  stances under which, at the time of the act of vaginal  sexual  contact,
    12  oral sexual contact or anal sexual contact, the victim was clearly under
    13  the  influence  of  any  drug,  intoxicant, or other substance to such a
    14  degree which rendered the victim incapable of controlling such  victim's
    15  conduct  and  incapable  of  clearly expressing lack of consent and such
    16  condition was known or reasonably should have been known to a person  in
    17  the actor's situation.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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