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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Feb 10, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A4995
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SIMOTAS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Fred Thiele
Ellen C. Jaffee
Aileen Gunther
Edward Braunstein
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
James F. Brennan
Gary Finch
Mark C. Johns
2015-A4995 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A4995 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4995 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 10, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, THIELE, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, BRAUNSTEIN, MONTESANO, CROUCH, MOYA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BRENNAN, FINCH, JOHNS, MALLIOTAKIS, McLAUGHLIN, SALADINO, SIMANOWITZ, TENNEY, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense of forcible touching against a child 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 130.51 to read as follows: S 130.51 FORCIBLE TOUCHING AGAINST A CHILD. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FORCIBLE TOUCHING AGAINST A CHILD WHEN SUCH PERSON INTENTIONALLY AND FOR NO LEGITIMATE PURPOSE, FORCIBLY TOUCHES: 1. THE SEXUAL OR OTHER INTIMATE PARTS OF A CHILD FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEGRADING OR ABUSING SUCH CHILD; OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRATIFYING THE ACTOR'S SEXUAL DESIRE, AND THE VICTIM IS LESS THAN THIRTEEN YEARS OLD; OR 2. ANY PART OF A CHILD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRATIFYING THE ACTOR'S SEXU- AL DESIRE, AND THE VICTIM IS LESS THAN THIRTEEN YEARS OLD. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, FORCIBLE TOUCHING INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO SQUEEZING, GRABBING OR PINCHING. FORCIBLE TOUCHING AGAINST A CHILD IS A CLASS E FELONY. S 2. 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. LBD07323-01-5
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