STATE OF NEW YORK
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8334
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. FRONTUS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to a minimum term of impri-
sonment for class E felony sex offenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 130.25 of the penal law,
2 as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 Rape in the third degree is a class E felony; upon conviction of rape
5 in the third degree the person convicted shall receive a minimum term of
6 imprisonment of one year.
7 § 2. The closing paragraph of section 130.40 of the penal law, as
8 amended by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
9 follows:
10 Criminal sexual act in the third degree is a class E felony; upon
11 conviction of criminal sexual act in the third degree the person
12 convicted shall receive a minimum term of imprisonment of one year.
13 § 3. The second undesignated paragraph of section 130.53 of the penal
14 law, as amended by chapter 192 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
15 as follows:
16 Persistent sexual abuse is a class E felony; upon conviction of
17 persistent sexual abuse the person convicted shall receive a minimum
18 term of imprisonment of one year.
19 § 4. The closing paragraph of section 130.65-a of the penal law, as
20 added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
21 Aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree is a class E felony; upon
22 conviction of aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree the person
23 convicted shall receive a minimum term of imprisonment of one year.
24 § 5. The closing paragraph of section 130.85 of the penal law, as
25 added by chapter 618 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 Female genital mutilation is a class E felony; upon conviction of
2 female genital mutilation the person convicted shall receive a minimum
3 term of imprisonment of one year.
4 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.