Changes the designation of incest in the third degree from a class E to a class B felony, and incest in the second degree from a class D to a class B felony.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4081
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to making incest a class B
felony
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The second undesignated paragraph of section 255.25 of the
2 penal law, as amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 Incest in the third degree is a class [E] B felony.
5 § 2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 255.26 of the penal
6 law, as added by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
7 follows:
8 Incest in the second degree is a class [D] B felony.
9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
10 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05731-01-1
