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Senate Bill S2624
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, Ind, WF) Senate District
(R) Senate District
2009-S2624 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §260.21, add §120.65, Pen L
2009-S2624 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Makes piercing or branding the body of a child under the age of eighteen years by means of body piercing or branding instruments the class B misdemeanor of unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree unless such child has written parental permission; makes the tattooing, branding or piercing of the body of a person who is intoxicated or under the influence of drugs the class B misdemeanor of unlawful body marking.
2009-S2624 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2624 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the piercing and branding of the body of a child under the age of eighteen years and making unlawful body marking a class B misdemeanor PURPOSE : Makes piercing or branding the body of a child under 18 years of age a Class B misdemeanor, except where there is parental consent, an emancipated minor or the piercing is done as part of a religious observance. Also makes the tattooing, piercing or branding of anyone under the influence of alcohol or drugs a crime. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Adds a new subdivision 4 to Section 260.21 of the Penal Law classifying body piercing and body branding on a child less than 18 years of age as unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree, a Class B misdemeanor. Piercing of the ears is specifically excluded under this subdivision, and exceptions are allowed for emancipated minors, religious rituals, and minors with parental consent. Also adds a new Section 120.65 to the Penal Law creating the crime of unlawful body marking. Wherein an individual could be charged if they knowingly tattoo, brand or pierce the body of a person under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
2009-S2624 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2624 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 25, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PADAVAN, DeFRANCISCO, LARKIN, MORAHAN, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the piercing and branding of the body of a child under the age of eighteen years and making unlawful body marking a class B misdemeanor THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 260.21 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. HE OR SHE PIERCES OR BRANDS THE BODY OF A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS BY MEANS OF BODY PIERCING OR BODY BRANDING INSTRUMENTS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH PIERCING OR BRANDING SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE UNLAWFULLY DEALING WITH A CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE IF SUCH PIERCING OR BRANDING IS ADMINISTERED WITH THE WRITTEN NOTARIZED CONSENT OF SUCH CHILD'S LEGAL GUARDIAN, PARENT OR PARENTS AND IS FILED IN PERSON AT THE PLACE OF BUSINESS PERFORMING SUCH PIERCING, OR SUCH PIERCING OR BRANDING IS ADMINISTERED AS PART OF A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY OR OBSERVANCE OR SUCH PIERCING OR BRANDING IS ADMINISTERED TO A CHILD WHO IS EMANCIPATED FROM HIS OR HER PARENTS. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO PIERCING OF EARS. S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.65 to read as follows: S 120.65 UNLAWFUL BODY MARKING. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL BODY MARKING WHEN, KNOWING THAT A PERSON IS INTOXICATED OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS, HE OR SHE TATTOOS, BRANDS OR PIERCES THE BODY OF SUCH PERSON BY MEANS OF A BODY TATTOOING, BODY BRANDING OR BODY PIERCING INSTRUMENT. UNLAWFUL BODY MARKING IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR. S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 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. LBD01995-01-9
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