A04429 Summary:

BILL NOA04429
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORMiller B (MS)
 
COSPNSRCrouch, Finch, Hawley, Kolb, McDonough, Norris, Morinello, Giglio, Brabenec, Ashby
 
MLTSPNSRStec
 
Amd §125.27, Pen L
 
Provides that the intentional murder of a child under the age of twelve shall be a first degree murder offense; amends the definition of torture related to first degree murder.
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A04429 Actions:

BILL NOA04429
 
02/04/2019referred to codes
01/08/2020referred to codes
07/17/2020held for consideration in codes
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A04429 Committee Votes:

CODES Chair:Lentol DATE:07/17/2020AYE/NAY:15/6 Action: Held for Consideration
LentolAyeMorinelloNay
SchimmingerExcusedGiglioNay
PretlowAyeMontesanoNay
CookAyePalumboNay
CymbrowitzAyeGarbarinoNay
O'DonnellAyeReillyNay
LavineAye
PerryAye
AbinantiAye
WeprinAye
MosleyAye
HevesiAye
FahyAye
SeawrightAye
RosenthalAye
WalkerAye

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A04429 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A04429 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4429
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. B. MILLER, CROUCH, FINCH, HAWLEY, KOLB, McDONOUGH
          --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. STEC -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to first degree murder  of  a
          child under the age of twelve

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subparagraphs (x) and (xiii) of paragraph (a)  of  subdivi-
     2  sion  1 of section 125.27 of the penal law, subparagraph (x) as added by
     3  chapter 1 of the laws of 1995 and subparagraph (xiii) as added by  chap-
     4  ter 300 of the laws of 2001, are amended and a new subparagraph (xiv) is
     5  added to read as follows:
     6    (x)  the  defendant  acted  in  an  especially cruel and wanton manner
     7  pursuant to a course of  conduct  intended  to  inflict  and  inflicting
     8  torture  upon  the  victim  prior to the victim's death. As used in this
     9  subparagraph, "torture" means the intentional and depraved infliction of
    10  extreme physical pain; "depraved"  means  the  defendant  [relished  the
    11  infliction  of] inflicted extreme physical pain upon the victim evidenc-
    12  ing debasement or perversion or that the defendant evidenced a sense  of
    13  pleasure in the infliction of extreme physical pain; or
    14    (xiii) the victim was killed in furtherance of an act of terrorism, as
    15  defined  in  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section 490.05 of this
    16  chapter; [and] or
    17    (xiv) the victim was a child under the age of twelve; and
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    19  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.
                                                                   LBD06579-01-9
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