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Sexual misconduct is a class A misdemeanor, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFI-
CER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR
EMPLOYMENT, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IS A CLASS E FELONY.
§ 3. Section 130.25 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the
laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.25 Rape in the third degree.
A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when:
1. He or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person who is
incapable of consent by reason of some factor other than being less than
seventeen years old;
2. Being twenty-one years old or more, he or she engages in sexual
intercourse with another person less than seventeen years old; or
3. He or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person without
such person's consent where such lack of consent is by reason of some
factor other than incapacity to consent.
Rape in the third degree is a class E felony, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF RAPE IN THE THIRD DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION
OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR
EMPLOYMENT, RAPE IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
§ 4. Section 130.30 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the
laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.30 Rape in the second degree.
A person is guilty of rape in the second degree when:
1. being eighteen years old or more, he or she engages in sexual
intercourse with another person less than fifteen years old; or
2. he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person who is
incapable of consent by reason of being mentally disabled or mentally
incapacitated.
It shall be an affirmative defense to the crime of rape in the second
degree as defined in subdivision one of this section that the defendant
was less than four years older than the victim at the time of the act.
Rape in the second degree is a class D felony, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF RAPE IN THE SECOND DEGREE AGAINST A
CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE
OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, RAPE IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS C FELONY.
§ 5. Section 130.35 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the
laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.35 Rape in the first degree.
A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when he or she engages
in sexual intercourse with another person:
1. By forcible compulsion; or
2. Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless;
or
3. Who is less than eleven years old; or
4. Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen years
old or more.
Rape in the first degree is a class B felony, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION
OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR
EMPLOYMENT, RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS A-II FELONY.
§ 6. Section 130.40 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 264 of the
laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.40 Criminal sexual act in the third degree.
A person is guilty of criminal sexual act in the third degree when:
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1. He or she engages in oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct
with a person who is incapable of consent by reason of some factor other
than being less than seventeen years old;
2. Being twenty-one years old or more, he or she engages in oral sexu-
al conduct or anal sexual conduct with a person less than seventeen
years old; or
3. He or she engages in oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct
with another person without such person's consent where such lack of
consent is by reason of some factor other than incapacity to consent.
Criminal sexual act in the third degree is a class E felony, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE
THIRD DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER
IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE
THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
§ 7. Section 130.45 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 264 of the
laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.45 Criminal sexual act in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal sexual act in the second degree when:
1. being eighteen years old or more, he or she engages in oral sexual
conduct or anal sexual conduct with another person less than fifteen
years old; or
2. he or she engages in oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct
with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of being
mentally disabled or mentally incapacitated.
It shall be an affirmative defense to the crime of criminal sexual act
in the second degree as defined in subdivision one of this section that
the defendant was less than four years older than the victim at the time
of the act.
Criminal sexual act in the second degree is a class D felony,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT
IN THE SECOND DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION
OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT
IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS C FELONY.
§ 8. Section 130.50 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 264 of the
laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.50 Criminal sexual act in the first degree.
A person is guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree when he
or she engages in oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct with anoth-
er person:
1. By forcible compulsion; or
2. Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless;
or
3. Who is less than eleven years old; or
4. Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen years
old or more.
Criminal sexual act in the first degree is a class B felony, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE
FIRST DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER
IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE
FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS A-II FELONY.
§ 9. Section 130.53 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 192 of the
laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.53 Persistent sexual abuse.
A person is guilty of persistent sexual abuse when he or she commits
the crime of forcible touching, as defined in section 130.52 of this
article, sexual abuse in the third degree, as defined in section 130.55
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of this article, or sexual abuse in the second degree, as defined in
section 130.60 of this article, and, within the previous ten year peri-
od, excluding any time during which such person was incarcerated for any
reason, has been convicted two or more times, in separate criminal tran-
sactions for which sentence was imposed on separate occasions, of forci-
ble touching, as defined in section 130.52 of this article, sexual abuse
in the third degree, as defined in section 130.55 of this article, sexu-
al abuse in the second degree, as defined in section 130.60 of this
article, or any offense defined in this article, of which the commission
or attempted commission thereof is a felony.
Persistent sexual abuse is a class E felony, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF PERSISTENT SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST A CORRECTION
OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR
EMPLOYMENT, PERSISTENT SEXUAL ABUSE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
§ 10. Section 130.55 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the
laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.55 Sexual abuse in the third degree.
A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the third degree when he or she
subjects another person to sexual contact without the latter's consent;
except that in any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative
defense that (a) such other person's lack of consent was due solely to
incapacity to consent by reason of being less than seventeen years old,
and (b) such other person was more than fourteen years old, and (c) the
defendant was less than five years older than such other person.
Sexual abuse in the third degree is a class B misdemeanor, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE THIRD
DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS
ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE THIRD
DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
§ 11. Section 130.60 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the
laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.60 Sexual abuse in the second degree.
A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the second degree when he or she
subjects another person to sexual contact and when such other person is:
1. Incapable of consent by reason of some factor other than being less
than seventeen years old; or
2. Less than fourteen years old.
Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND
DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS
ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND
DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
§ 12. Section 130.65 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 26 of the
laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.65 Sexual abuse in the first degree.
A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the first degree when he or she
subjects another person to sexual contact:
1. By forcible compulsion; or
2. When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being
physically helpless; or
3. When the other person is less than eleven years old; or
4. When the other person is less than thirteen years old and the actor
is twenty-one years old or older.
Sexual abuse in the first degree is a class D felony, PROVIDED, HOWEV-
ER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE
AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN
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THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A
CLASS C FELONY.
§ 13. Section 130.65-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of the
laws of 2000, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 485 of the laws of
2009, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.65-a Aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree.
1. A person is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree
when:
(a) He or she inserts a foreign object in the vagina, urethra, penis,
rectum or anus of another person and the other person is incapable of
consent by reason of some factor other than being less than seventeen
years old; or
(b) He or she inserts a finger in the vagina, urethra, penis, rectum
or anus of another person causing physical injury to such person and
such person is incapable of consent by reason of some factor other than
being less than seventeen years old.
2. Conduct performed for a valid medical purpose does not violate the
provisions of this section.
Aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree is a class E felony,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL
ABUSE IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH
CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, AGGRA-
VATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FOURTH DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
§ 14. Section 130.66 of the penal law, as added by chapter 181 of the
laws of 1996, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 647 of the laws of
2022, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 485 of the laws of 2009, and
subdivision 3 as renumbered by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended
to read as follows:
§ 130.66 Aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree.
1. A person is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree
when he or she inserts a foreign object or a finger in the vagina,
urethra, penis, rectum or anus of another person:
(a) By forcible compulsion; or
(b) When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being
physically helpless;
(c) When the other person is less than eleven years old; or
(d) When the other person is less than thirteen years old and the
actor is eighteen years of age or older.
2. A person is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree
when he or she inserts a foreign object in the vagina, urethra, penis,
rectum or anus of another person causing physical injury to such person
and such person is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally
disabled or mentally incapacitated.
3. Conduct performed for a valid medical purpose does not violate the
provisions of this section.
Aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree is a class D felony,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL
ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH
CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, AGGRA-
VATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS C FELONY.
§ 15. Section 130.67 of the penal law, as added by chapter 450 of the
laws of 1988, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chap-
ter 485 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.67 Aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree.
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1. A person is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree
when he or she inserts a finger in the vagina, urethra, penis, rectum or
anus of another person causing physical injury to such person:
(a) By forcible compulsion; or
(b) When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being
physically helpless; or
(c) When the other person is less than eleven years old.
2. Conduct performed for a valid medical purpose does not violate the
provisions of this section.
Aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree is a class C felony,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL
ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH
CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, AGGRA-
VATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS B FELONY.
§ 16. Section 130.70 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 450 of
the laws of 1988, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by
chapter 485 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.70 Aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree.
1. A person is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree
when he or she inserts a foreign object in the vagina, urethra, penis,
rectum or anus of another person causing physical injury to such person:
(a) By forcible compulsion; or
(b) When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being
physically helpless; or
(c) When the other person is less than eleven years old.
2. Conduct performed for a valid medical purpose does not violate the
provisions of this section.
Aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree is a class B felony,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL
ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH
CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, AGGRA-
VATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS A-II FELONY.
§ 17. Section 130.85 of the penal law, as added by chapter 618 of the
laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.85 Female genital mutilation.
1. A person is guilty of female genital mutilation when:
(a) a person knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole
or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another
person who has not reached eighteen years of age; or
(b) being a parent, guardian or other person legally responsible and
charged with the care or custody of a child less than eighteen years
old, he or she knowingly consents to the circumcision, excision or infi-
bulation of whole or part of such child's labia majora or labia minora
or clitoris.
2. Such circumcision, excision, or infibulation is not a violation of
this section if such act is:
(a) necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed, and
is performed by a person licensed in the place of its performance as a
medical practitioner; or
(b) performed on a person in labor or who has just given birth and is
performed for medical purposes connected with that labor or birth by a
person licensed in the place it is performed as a medical practitioner,
midwife, or person in training to become such a practitioner or midwife.
3. For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this
section, no account shall be taken of the effect on the person on whom
such procedure is to be performed of any belief on the part of that or
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any other person that such procedure is required as a matter of custom
or ritual.
Female genital mutilation is a class E felony, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AGAINST A
CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE
OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS A CLASS D FELONY.
§ 18. Section 130.90 of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of the
laws of 2000, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 264 of the laws
of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.90 Facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance.
A person is guilty of facilitating a sex offense with a controlled
substance when he or she:
1. knowingly and unlawfully possesses a controlled substance or any
preparation, compound, mixture or substance that requires a prescription
to obtain and administers such substance or preparation, compound,
mixture or substance that requires a prescription to obtain to another
person without such person's consent and with intent to commit against
such person conduct constituting a felony defined in this article; and
2. commits or attempts to commit such conduct constituting a felony
defined in this article.
Facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance is a class D
felony, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FACILITATING
A SEX OFFENSE WITH A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AGAINST A CORRECTION OFFICER
WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOY-
MENT, FACILITATING A SEX OFFENSE WITH A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IS A CLASS
C FELONY.
§ 19. Section 130.95 of the penal law, as added by chapter 107 of the
laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
§ 130.95 Predatory sexual assault.
A person is guilty of predatory sexual assault when he or she commits
the crime of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first
degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, or course of sexual
conduct against a child in the first degree, as defined in this article,
and when:
1. In the course of the commission of the crime or the immediate
flight therefrom, he or she:
(a) Causes serious physical injury to the victim of such crime; or
(b) Uses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument; or
2. He or she has engaged in conduct constituting the crime of rape in
the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated
sexual abuse in the first degree, or course of sexual conduct against a
child in the first degree, as defined in this article, against one or
more additional persons; or
3. He or she has previously been subjected to a conviction for a felo-
ny defined in this article, incest as defined in section 255.25 of this
[chapter] PART or use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in
section 263.05 of this [chapter] PART.
Predatory sexual assault is a class A-II felony, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A
CORRECTION OFFICER WHEN SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER IS ACTING IN THE COURSE
OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT IS A CLASS A-I FELONY.
§ 20. This act shall take effect immediately.