STATE OF NEW YORK
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4995
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 10, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, THIELE, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, BRAUNSTEIN,
MONTESANO, CROUCH, MOYA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
BRENNAN, FINCH, JOHNS, MALLIOTAKIS, McLAUGHLIN, SALADINO, SIMANOWITZ,
TENNEY, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
of forcible touching against a child
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.51 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 130.51 Forcible touching against a child.
4 A person is guilty of forcible touching against a child when such
5 person intentionally and for no legitimate purpose, forcibly touches:
6 1. the sexual or other intimate parts of a child for the purpose of
7 degrading or abusing such child; or for the purpose of gratifying the
8 actor's sexual desire, and the victim is less than thirteen years old;
9 or
10 2. any part of a child for the purpose of gratifying the actor's sexu-
11 al desire, and the victim is less than thirteen years old.
12 For the purposes of this section, forcible touching includes, but is
13 not limited to squeezing, grabbing or pinching.
14 Forcible touching against a child is a class E felony.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
16 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.
LBD07323-01-5
