Assembly Actions -
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Jun 20, 2012 |
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Senate Bill S7811
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, SC) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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-S7811 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง135.27, Pen L
2011-S7811 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7811 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of kidnapping of a child, a class A felony PURPOSE: To increase the penalties of kidnapping a child. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds a new section 135.27 to the penal law is amended to include the kidnapping of a child under the age of sixteen years. EXISTING LAW: Existing law does not make specific reference to the kidnapping of a child. The current penalties are the same for abduction of an adult as a child. JUSTIFICATION: According to the Vanished Children's Alliance, every 40 seconds a child disappears or is kidnapped in the United States. Justice Department statistics of kidnapped children in America reports that 24% of all kidnapping cases are "stranger-kidnappings." The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reports 3,000 to 5,000 child abductions by non-family members each year, most of which are sexually motivated. About 200 to 300 cases are serious enough to involve
2011-S7811 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7811 I N S E N A T E June 20, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STOROBIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of kidnapping of a child, a class A felony THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 135.27 to read as follows: S 135.27 KIDNAPPING OF A CHILD. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING OF A CHILD WHEN HE OR SHE ABDUCTS AND RESTRAINS A PERSON LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE WITH INTENT TO INFLICT PHYSICAL INJURY UPON HIM OR HER OR VIOLATE OR ABUSE HIM OR HER SEXUALLY. KIDNAPPING OF A CHILD IS A CLASS A FELONY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16349-01-2
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