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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6230
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 27, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, FALL, HEVESI, STERN, K. BROWN,
SLATER, HAWLEY, ANGELINO, JONES -- 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
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
21 than forty years, and, (D) where a sentence is imposed upon a defendant
22 convicted of endangering the welfare of a child as defined in section
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10328-01-5
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1 260.10, rape of a child as defined in section 130.36, criminal sexual
2 act against a child as defined in section 130.51, aggravated sexual
3 abuse of a child as defined in section 130.71 or aggravated course of
4 sexual conduct against a child as defined in section 130.81 of this
5 chapter such minimum period shall be twenty years.
6 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 125.25 of the penal law, as amended by
7 chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
8 5. Being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing
9 rape in the first, second or third degree, a crime formerly defined in
10 section 130.50, 130.45 or 130.40 of this title, the crime of sexual
11 abuse in the first degree, rape of a child, criminal sexual act against
12 a child, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, aggravated course of sexual
13 conduct against a child, aggravated sexual abuse in the first, second,
14 third or fourth degree, or incest in the first, second or third degree,
15 against a person less than fourteen years old, [he or she] the actor
16 intentionally causes the death of such person.
17 § 3. Section 130.35 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 777 of the
18 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
19 § 130.35 Rape in the first degree.
20 A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when:
21 1. [he or she] such person engages in vaginal sexual contact with
22 another person:
23 (a) By forcible compulsion; or
24 (b) Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically help-
25 less; or
26 (c) [Who is less than eleven years old; or
27 (d)] Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen
28 years old or more;
29 2. [he or she] such person engages in oral sexual contact with another
30 person:
31 (a) By forcible compulsion; or
32 (b) Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically help-
33 less; or
34 (c) [Who is less than eleven years old; or
35 (d)] Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen
36 years old or more; or
37 3. [he or she] such person engages in anal sexual contact with another
38 person:
39 (a) By forcible compulsion; or
40 (b) Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically help-
41 less; or
42 (c) [Who is less than eleven years old; or
43 (d)] Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen
44 years old or more.
45 Rape in the first degree is a class B felony.
46 § 4. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.36 to read
47 as follows:
48 § 130.36 Rape of a child.
49 A person is guilty of rape of a child when:
50 1. such person engages in sexual intercourse with another person who
51 is less than twelve years old; or
52 2. being twenty-one years old or more, such person engages in sexual
53 intercourse with another person less than fourteen years old.
54 Rape of a child is a class A-I felony.
55 § 5. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.51 to read
56 as follows:
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1 § 130.51 Criminal sexual act against a child.
2 A person is guilty of criminal sexual act against a child when:
3 1. such person engages in oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct
4 with another person who is less than twelve years old; or
5 2. being twenty-one years old or more, such person engages in oral
6 sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct with another person who is less
7 than fourteen years old.
8 Criminal sexual act against a child is a class A-I felony.
9 § 6. Subdivision 1 of section 130.70 of the penal law, as amended by
10 chapter 450 of the laws of 1988, the opening paragraph as amended by
11 chapter 485 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
12 1. A person is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree
13 when [he or she] such person inserts a foreign object in the vagina,
14 urethra, penis, rectum or anus of another person causing physical injury
15 to such person:
16 (a) By forcible compulsion; or
17 (b) When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being
18 physically helpless[; or
19 (c) When the other person is less than eleven years old].
20 § 7. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.71 to read
21 as follows:
22 § 130.71 Aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
23 1. A person is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of a child when:
24 (a) such person inserts a foreign object in the vagina, urethra,
25 penis, rectum or anus of another person causing physical injury to such
26 person when such other person is less than twelve years old; or
27 (b) being twenty-one years old or more, such person inserts a foreign
28 object in the vagina, urethra, penis, rectum or anus of another person
29 causing physical injury to such person when such other person is less
30 than fourteen years old.
31 2. Conduct performed for a valid medical purpose does not violate the
32 provisions of this section.
33 Aggravated sexual abuse of a child is a class A-I felony.
34 § 8. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 130.75 of the
35 penal law, as amended by chapter 777 of the laws of 2023, are amended to
36 read as follows:
37 [(a) he or she engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct, which
38 includes at least one act of vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual
39 contact, anal sexual contact or aggravated sexual contact, with a child
40 less than eleven years old; or
41 (b) he or she] such person, being eighteen years old or more, engages
42 in two or more acts of sexual conduct, which include at least one act of
43 vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact, anal sexual contact or
44 aggravated sexual contact, with a child less than thirteen years old.
45 § 9. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.81 to read
46 as follows:
47 § 130.81 Aggravated course of sexual conduct against a child.
48 1. A person is guilty of aggravated course of sexual conduct against a
49 child when, over a period of time not less than three months in dura-
50 tion:
51 (a) such person engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct, which
52 includes at least one act of sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct,
53 anal sexual conduct or aggravated sexual contact, with a child less than
54 twelve years old; or
55 (b) such person, being twenty-one years old or more, engages in two or
56 more acts of sexual conduct, which includes at least one act of sexual
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1 intercourse, oral sexual conduct, anal sexual conduct or aggravated
2 sexual contact, with a child less than fourteen years old.
3 2. A person may not be subsequently prosecuted for any other sexual
4 offense involving the same victim unless the other charged offense
5 occurred outside the time period charged under this section.
6 Aggravated course of sexual conduct against a child is a class A-I
7 felony.
8 § 10. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
9 168-a of the correction law, as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of
10 2024, is amended to read as follows:
11 (i) a conviction of or a conviction for an attempt to commit any of
12 the provisions of sections 120.70, 130.20, 130.25, 130.30, 130.36,
13 former section 130.40, former section 130.45, sections 130.51, 130.60,
14 130.71, 130.81, 230.34, 230.34-a, 250.50, 255.25, 255.26 and 255.27 or
15 article two hundred sixty-three of the penal law, or section 135.05,
16 135.10, 135.20 or 135.25 of such law relating to kidnapping offenses,
17 provided the victim of such kidnapping or related offense is less than
18 seventeen years old and the offender is not the parent of the victim, or
19 section 230.04, where the person patronized is in fact less than seven-
20 teen years of age, 230.05, 230.06, 230.11, 230.12, 230.13, subdivision
21 two of section 230.30, section 230.32, 230.33, or 230.34 of the penal
22 law, or section 230.25 of the penal law where the person prostituted is
23 in fact less than seventeen years old, or
24 § 11. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to
25 offenses committed on or after such effective date; furthermore all
26 offenses committed prior to such effective date shall be governed by the
27 provisions of law in effect immediately before such date.
