A06159 Summary:
| BILL NO | A06159 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S00477 |
| SPONSOR | Lemondes |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §130.35, Pen L | |
| Increases the penalty for rape in the first degree from a class B felony to an class A-II felony. | |
A06159 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6159 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the penalty for rape in the first degree The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 130.35 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 777 2 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 130.35 Rape in the first degree. 4 A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when: 5 1. [he or she] such person engages in vaginal sexual contact with 6 another person: 7 (a) By forcible compulsion; or 8 (b) Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically help- 9 less; or 10 (c) Who is less than eleven years old; or 11 (d) Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen 12 years old or more; 13 2. [he or she] such person engages in oral sexual contact with another 14 person: 15 (a) By forcible compulsion; or 16 (b) Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically help- 17 less; or 18 (c) Who is less than eleven years old; or 19 (d) Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen 20 years old or more; or 21 3. [he or she] such person engages in anal sexual contact with another 22 person: 23 (a) By forcible compulsion; or 24 (b) Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically help- 25 less; or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01127-01-5A. 6159 2 1 (c) Who is less than eleven years old; or 2 (d) Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen 3 years old or more. 4 Rape in the first degree is a class [B] A-II felony. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.