NY S01510 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES
Pending: Senate Codes Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Enacts "Erin's law"; establishes the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a child shall include intentional killing of a person under 14 while in the course of committing rape, criminal sexual acts, aggravated sexual abuse or incest against such child, or the depraved indifference or intentional killing of a person under 14 while being legally responsible for the care of such child; repeals provisions of murder in the second degree which mirror certain provisions of aggravated murder of a child; treats the offense of aggravated murder of a child in a manner similar to murder in the first degree; establishes the offenses of aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated abuse of a child in the first, second and third degrees, and aggravated endangering the welfare of a child; requires recording of calls to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment and the investigation of the prior history of a report of child abuse; requires increased scrutiny and the presence of law enforcement during investigations of a report with prior history of a report of child abuse.

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Title

Enacts "Erin's law"; establishes the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a child shall include intentional killing of a person under 14 while in the course of committing rape, criminal sexual acts, aggravated sexual abuse or incest against such child, or the depraved indifference or intentional killing of a person under 14 while being legally responsible for the care of such child; repeals provisions of murder in the second degree which mirror certain provisions of aggravated murder of a child; treats the offense of aggravated murder of a child in a manner similar to murder in the first degree; establishes the offenses of aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated abuse of a child in the first, second and third degrees, and aggravated endangering the welfare of a child; requires recording of calls to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment and the investigation of the prior history of a report of child abuse; requires increased scrutiny and the presence of law enforcement during investigations of a report with prior history of a report of child abuse.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2010-01-06 REFERRED TO CODES
2009-07-16 COMMITTED TO RULES
2009-04-28 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2009-04-27 2ND REPORT CAL.
2009-04-22 1ST REPORT CAL.219
2009-04-22 MOTION TO DISCHARGE - CARRIED - ROLL CALL VOTE
2009-03-31 MOTION TO DISCHARGE FILED
2009-02-02 REFERRED TO CODES

Same As/Similar To

A182 (Same As) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes

New York State Sources


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