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Senate Bill S3206
2011-2012 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
2011-S3206 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §260.10, Pen L; amd §168-a, Cor L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S3232
2011-S3206 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3206 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to endangering the welfare of a child PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would create a sex offense provision in the endangering the welfare of a child statute and require a convicted offender to register on the Sex Offender Registry. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends §260.10 of the Penal Law to create a sex offense provision requiring any defendant convicted for endangering the welfare of a child where there is a sexual element to the crime to register as a sex offender. Section two amends subdivision 2 of § 168-a of the Correction Law to define as a sex offense a conviction pursuant to § 260.10 of the Penal Law where there is a sexual element to the crime thereby requiring the defendant to register as a sex offender. JUSTIFICATION: Currently, the crime of endangering the welfare of a child applies to a wide variety of acts. These acts can range from leaving a young
2011-S3206 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3206 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to 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, as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2010, 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. 3. A person is not guilty of the provisions of this section when he or she engages in the conduct described in subdivision one of section 260.00 of this article: (a) with the intent to wholly abandon the child by relinquishing responsibility for and right to the care and custody of such child; (b) with the intent that the child be safe from physical injury and cared for in an appropriate manner; (c) the child is left with an appropriate person, or in a suitable location and the person who leaves the child promptly notifies an appropriate person of the child's location; and (d) the child is not more than thirty days old. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08454-01-1
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