Adds the definition of consent to the terms of general use; defines it as a freely given, knowledgeable and informed agreement by a person with the capacity to reason.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1140
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT, STECK, JACKSON, McMAHON, BURDICK,
WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
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 23 to read as follows:
3 23. "Consent" means a freely given, knowledgeable and informed agree-
4 ment by a person with the capacity to reason.
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.
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