Assembly Bill A4682

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that a parent shall be convicted of endangering the welfare of a child when knowingly allows a registered sex offender to reside within the household

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A4682 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง260.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4391
2013-2014: A2004
2015-2016: A1367
2017-2018: A1409
2019-2020: A1753

2009-A4682 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a parent or guardian legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old shall be convicted of endangering the welfare of a child when he or she knowingly allows a registered sex offender to reside within the household.

2009-A4682 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4682

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. CROUCH, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BACALLES, FINCH, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of endangering
  the welfare of a child

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 260.10 of the penal law, subdivision 1 as amended
by chapter 476 of the laws of 1990 and subdivision 2 as amended by chap-
ter 920 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
S 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child.
  A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child when:
  1. He OR SHE knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to  the
physical,  mental  or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years
old or directs or authorizes such  child  to  engage  in  an  occupation
involving a substantial risk of danger to his OR HER life or health; or
  2.  Being  a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the
care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, he OR SHE fails
or refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of such child
to prevent him OR HER from becoming  an  "abused  child,"  a  "neglected
child," a "juvenile delinquent" or a "person in need of supervision," as
those  terms  are defined in articles ten, three and seven of the family
court act[.]; OR
  3. BEING A PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED  WITH  THE
CARE OR CUSTODY OF A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE KNOW-
INGLY  ALLOWS  ANY  PERSON WHO IS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER, PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW, TO RESIDE WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD WITH
SUCH CHILD.
  Endangering the welfare of a child is a class A misdemeanor.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06978-01-9

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