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Senate Bill S2996
2017-2018 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
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2017-S2996 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S2996 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2996 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to luring a child PURPOSE : To enhance the protection of children in New York by adding conduct consisting of computer communication with a child for the purpose of soliciting a sexual encounter or sexual performance or to commit a felony offense against such child to the offense of luring a child. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of this bill amends section 120.70 of the Penal Law by renumbering subdivision (1) to (1)(a) and adding a new paragraph (1)(b) to provide that a person is guilty of the crime of luring a child when, being 18 years of age or older, he or she with the intent to lure, entice, persuade, convince or harass a person, uses a computer communications system to communicates with a person he or she knows (or reasonably should know) is less than 17 years of age, in order to solicit a sexual encounter with or sexual performance by such person or to commit certain felony offenses against such person. New subdivision 2 is added to provide definitions for the terms "child," "building," "communication," "computer," "computer program,"
2017-S2996 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 2996 A. 2322 2017-2018 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y January 18, 2017 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to luring a child THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 120.70 of the penal law, as added by chapter 405 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: § 120.70 Luring a child. 1. A person is guilty of luring a child when [he]: (A) HE or she lures a child into a motor vehicle, aircraft, water- craft, isolated area, building, or part thereof, for the purpose of committing against such child any of the following offenses: [an] (1) A VIOLENT FELONY offense as defined in section 70.02 of this chapter; [an] (2) AN offense as defined in section 125.25 or 125.27 of this chapter; [a] (3) A felony offense that is a violation of article one hundred thirty of this chapter; [an] (4) AN offense as defined in section 135.25 of this chapter; [an] (5) AN offense as defined in sections 230.19, 230.25, 230.30, 230.32, 230.33 or 230.34 of this chapter; [an] (6) AN offense as defined in sections 255.25, 255.26, or 255.27 of this chapter; or [an] (7) AN offense as defined in sections 263.05, 263.10, or 263.15 of this chapter[. For purposes of this subdivision "child" means a person less than seventeen years of age. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude, if the evidence warrants, a conviction for the commission or attempted commission of any crime, including but not EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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