Assembly Actions -
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Jan 10, 2018 |
print number 8751a |
Jan 10, 2018 |
amend (t) and recommit to codes |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to codes |
Oct 25, 2017 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A8751A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL L
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
Bill Amendments
2017-A8751 - Details
2017-A8751 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8751 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y October 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to modifying the offense of forcible touching by removing the element of the actor's intent THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 130.52 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, the opening paragraph and subdivision 1 as amended and subdivision 2 as added by chapter 250 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: § 130.52 Forcible touching. A person is guilty of forcible touching when such person inten- tionally, and for no legitimate purpose: 1. forcibly touches the sexual or other intimate parts of another person [for the purpose of degrading or abusing such person, or for the purpose of gratifying the actor's sexual desire]; or 2. subjects another person to UNWANTED sexual contact [for the purpose of gratifying the actor's sexual desire and with intent to degrade or abuse such other person] while such other person is a passenger on a bus, train, or subway car operated by any transit agency, authority or company, public or private, whose operation is authorized by New York state or any of its political subdivisions. For the purposes of this section, forcible touching includes BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO squeezing, grabbing, RUBBING or pinching. Forcible touching is a class A misdemeanor. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13636-02-7
co-Sponsors
Rebecca Seawright
Jo Anne Simon
Nily Rozic
Felix Ortiz
2017-A8751A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A8751A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8751--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y October 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord- ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to modifying the offense of "forcible touching" to "unwanted touching" and by removing certain elements of the actor's intent THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 130.52 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, the opening paragraph and subdivision 1 as amended and subdivision 2 as added by chapter 250 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: § 130.52 [Forcible] UNWANTED touching. A person is guilty of [forcible] UNWANTED touching when such person intentionally, and for no legitimate purpose: 1. [forcibly] touches the sexual or other intimate parts of another person [for the purpose of degrading or abusing such person, or for the purpose of gratifying the actor's sexual desire] WITHOUT THE LATTER'S CONSENT; or 2. subjects another person to sexual contact [for the purpose of grat- ifying the actor's sexual desire and with intent to degrade or abuse such other person] WITHOUT THE LATTER'S CONSENT while such other person is a passenger on a bus, train, or subway car operated by any transit agency, authority or company, public or private, whose operation is authorized by New York state or any of its political subdivisions. For the purposes of this section, [forcible] UNWANTED touching includes BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO squeezing, grabbing, RUBBING or pinching. [Forcible] UNWANTED touching is a class A misdemeanor. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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