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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to modifying the
   statute of limitations for certain sex crimes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (a-2) of subdivision 2 and paragraph (f)
 of  subdivision  3 of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure law, para-
 graph (a) as amended and paragraph (a-2) of subdivision 2  as  added  by
 chapter  315  of  the laws of 2019 and paragraph (f) of subdivision 3 as
 amended by chapter 11 of the laws  of  2019,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a) A prosecution for a class A felony, or rape in the first degree as
 defined  in  section  130.35  of  the  penal  law, or a crime defined or
 formerly defined in section 130.50 of the penal law, or aggravated sexu-
 al abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of  the  penal
 law,  or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as
 defined in section 130.75 of the penal  law,  or  incest  in  the  first
 degree as defined in section 255.27 of the penal law, OR SEX TRAFFICKING
 AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 230.34
 OF  THE  PENAL  LAW, OR SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW may be commenced at any time;
   (a-2) A prosecution for rape in the third degree as defined in  subdi-
 vision  one  or  three  of  section 130.25 of the penal law, or criminal
 sexual act in the third degree as defined in subdivision one or three of
 section 130.40 of the penal law OR SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN  SUBDI-
 VISION ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR OR PARAGRAPH (C), (D), (E), (F), (G) OR (H)
 OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW must be commenced
 within ten years after the commission thereof;
   (f)  For  purposes  of  a  prosecution  involving  a sexual offense as
 defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal  law,  other  than  a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 sexual  offense  delineated  in paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this
 section, committed against a child less  than  eighteen  years  of  age,
 incest  in  the  first,  second  or  third degree as defined in sections
 255.27,  255.26  and  255.25  of the penal law committed against a child
 less than eighteen years of age, or use of a child in a sexual  perform-
 ance  as  defined in section 263.05 of the penal law, OR SEX TRAFFICKING
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THE PENAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST A PERSON
 LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE the period of limitation shall not begin
 to run until the child has  reached  the  age  of  twenty-three  or  the
 offense  is  reported  to  a law enforcement agency or statewide central
 register of child abuse and maltreatment, whichever occurs earlier.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  apply  to  acts
 occurring on or after such effective date and to acts occurring prior to
 such  effective  date  where  the  applicable  statute of limitations in
 effect on the date of such has not yet expired.