Assembly Bill A8044

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Updates the definition of sexual intercourse

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A8044 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §130.00, Pen L

2023-A8044 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Updates the definition of sexual intercourse to include contact between the penis and the vagina or vulva, and contact between a foreign object and the vagina or anus, however slight.

2023-A8044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8044
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to updating the definition of
   sexual intercourse
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 130.00 of the penal law is amended
 to read as follows:
   1.  "Sexual intercourse" [has its ordinary meaning and occurs upon any
 penetration] MEANS CONDUCT BETWEEN PERSONS CONSISTING OF CONTACT BETWEEN
 THE PENIS AND THE VAGINA OR VULVA, AND CONDUCT BETWEEN PERSONS  CONSIST-
 ING  OF CONTACT BETWEEN A FOREIGN OBJECT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION NINE
 OF THIS SECTION, AND THE VAGINA OR ANUS, however slight.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025 and shall apply to any
 offense on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13165-01-3

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