Fall, Hevesi, Stern, Sillitti, Brown K, Slater, Hawley, Angelino, Jones
MLTSPNSR
Amd §§70.00, 125.25, 130.70 & 130.75, add §§130.36, 130.51, 130.71 & 130.81, rpld §130.35 sub 3, §130.50 sub
3, Pen L; amd §168-a, Cor L
Makes the commission of rape, a criminal sexual act, aggravated sexual abuse or course of sexual conduct against a child less than 12 years of age or against a child less than 14 years of age by a person 21 years old or more a class A-I felony; eliminates references to such offenses in less severe crimes; includes such offenses within murder in the second degree for purposes of sentencing to life imprisonment without parole for murder committed in the course of committing such sex offenses against a child; designates such sex offenses against a child as sexually violent offenses for the purposes of sex offender registration; requires every sex offender convicted of such an offense to be subject to lifetime electronic monitoring by the division of criminal justice services upon release from prison.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1334
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, FALL, HEVESI, STERN -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to sex
offenses committed against children under 12 years of age and sex
offenses committed by persons 21 years old or older against children
under 14 years of age; to repeal subdivision 3 of section 130.35 of
the penal law relating to rape of a child less than 11 years old; and
to repeal subdivision 3 of section 130.50 of the penal law relating to
a criminal sexual act with a child less than 11 years old
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of
2 section 70.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 107 of the laws of
3 2006, is amended to read as follows:
4 (i) For a class A-I felony, such minimum period shall not be less than
5 fifteen years nor more than twenty-five years; provided, however, that
6 (A) where a sentence, other than a sentence of death or life imprison-
7 ment without parole, is imposed upon a defendant convicted of murder in
8 the first degree as defined in section 125.27 of this chapter such mini-
9 mum period shall be not less than twenty years nor more than twenty-five
10 years, and, (B) where a sentence is imposed upon a defendant convicted
11 of murder in the second degree as defined in subdivision five of section
12 125.25 of this chapter or convicted of aggravated murder as defined in
13 section 125.26 of this chapter, the sentence shall be life imprisonment
14 without parole, and, (C) where a sentence is imposed upon a defendant
15 convicted of attempted murder in the first degree as defined in article
16 one hundred ten of this chapter and subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of
17 paragraph (a) of subdivision one and paragraph (b) of subdivision one of
18 section 125.27 of this chapter or attempted aggravated murder as defined
19 in article one hundred ten of this chapter and section 125.26 of this
20 chapter such minimum period shall be not less than twenty years nor more
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 than forty years, and, (D) where a sentence is imposed upon a defendant
2 convicted of rape of a child as defined in section 130.36, criminal
3 sexual act against a child as defined in section 130.51, aggravated
4 sexual abuse of a child as defined in section 130.71 or aggravated
5 course of sexual conduct against a child as defined in section 130.81 of
6 this chapter such minimum period shall be twenty years.
7 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 125.25 of the penal law, as amended by
8 chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
9 5. Being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing
10 rape in the first, second or third degree, criminal sexual act in the
11 first, second or third degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, rape of
12 a child, criminal sexual act against a child, aggravated sexual abuse of
13 a child, aggravated course of sexual conduct against a child, aggravated
14 sexual abuse in the first, second, third or fourth degree, or incest in
15 the first, second or third degree, against a person less than fourteen
16 years old, he or she intentionally causes the death of such person.
17 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 130.35 of the penal law is REPEALED.
18 § 4. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.36 to read
19 as follows:
20 § 130.36 Rape of a child.
21 A person is guilty of rape of a child when:
22 1. he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person who is
23 less than twelve years old; or
24 2. being twenty-one years old or more, he or she engages in sexual
25 intercourse with another person less than fourteen years old.
26 Rape of a child is a class A-I felony.
27 § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 130.50 of the penal law is REPEALED.
28 § 6. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.51 to read
29 as follows:
30 § 130.51 Criminal sexual act against a child.
31 A person is guilty of criminal sexual act against a child when:
32 1. he or she engages in oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct
33 with another person who is less than twelve years old; or
34 2. being twenty-one years old or more, he or she engages in oral sexu-
35 al conduct or anal sexual conduct with another person who is less than
36 fourteen years old.
37 Criminal sexual act against a child is a class A-I felony.
38 § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 130.70 of the penal law, as amended by
39 chapter 450 of the laws of 1988, the opening paragraph as amended by
40 chapter 485 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
41 1. A person is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree
42 when he or she inserts a foreign object in the vagina, urethra, penis,
43 rectum or anus of another person causing physical injury to such person:
44 (a) By forcible compulsion; or
45 (b) When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being
46 physically helpless[; or
47 (c) When the other person is less than eleven years old].
48 § 8. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.71 to read
49 as follows:
50 § 130.71 Aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
51 1. A person is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of a child when:
52 (a) he or she inserts a foreign object in the vagina, urethra, penis,
53 rectum or anus of another person causing physical injury to such person
54 when such other person is less than twelve years old; or
55 (b) being twenty-one years old or more, he or she inserts a foreign
56 object in the vagina, urethra, penis, rectum or anus of another person
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1 causing physical injury to such person when such other person is less
2 than fourteen years old.
3 2. Conduct performed for a valid medical purpose does not violate the
4 provisions of this section.
5 Aggravated sexual abuse of a child is a class A-I felony.
6 § 9. Subdivision 1 of section 130.75 of the penal law, as amended by
7 chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, paragraphs (a) and (b) as amended by
8 chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
9 1. A person is guilty of course of sexual conduct against a child in
10 the first degree when, over a period of time not less than three months
11 in duration[:
12 (a) he or she engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct, which
13 includes at least one act of sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct,
14 anal sexual conduct or aggravated sexual contact, with a child less than
15 eleven years old; or
16 (b)], he or she, being eighteen years old or more, engages in two or
17 more acts of sexual conduct, which include at least one act of sexual
18 intercourse, oral sexual conduct, anal sexual conduct or aggravated
19 sexual contact, with a child less than thirteen years old.
20 § 10. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.81 to read
21 as follows:
22 § 130.81 Aggravated course of sexual conduct against a child.
23 1. A person is guilty of aggravated course of sexual conduct against a
24 child when, over a period of time not less than three months in dura-
25 tion:
26 (a) he or she engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct, which
27 includes at least one act of sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct,
28 anal sexual conduct or aggravated sexual contact, with a child less than
29 twelve years old; or
30 (b) he or she, being twenty-one years old or more, engages in two or
31 more acts of sexual conduct, which includes at least one act of sexual
32 intercourse, oral sexual conduct, anal sexual conduct or aggravated
33 sexual contact, with a child less than fourteen years old.
34 2. A person may not be subsequently prosecuted for any other sexual
35 offense involving the same victim unless the other charged offense
36 occurred outside the time period charged under this section.
37 Aggravated course of sexual conduct against a child is a class A-I
38 felony.
39 § 11. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
40 168-a of the correction law, as amended by chapter 107 of the laws of
41 2006, is amended to read as follows:
42 (i) a conviction of or a conviction for an attempt to commit any of
43 the provisions of sections 130.35, 130.36, 130.50, 130.51, 130.65,
44 130.66, 130.67, 130.70, 130.71, 130.75, 130.80, 130.81, 130.95 and
45 130.96 of the penal law, or
46 § 12. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to
47 offenses committed on or after such effective date; furthermore all
48 offenses committed prior to such effective date shall be governed by the
49 provisions of law in effect immediately before such date.
