Bill Text: NY A00814 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to eliminating the statute of limitations for certain crimes of rape and criminal sexual act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to codes [A00814 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00814-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           814

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT, ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to  the  statute
          of limitations for certain crimes of rape and criminal sexual act

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2  of  section  30.10  of  the
     2  criminal  procedure  law, as amended by chapter 315 of the laws of 2019,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) A prosecution for a class A felony, or rape in the first degree as
     5  defined in section 130.35 of the penal law, rape in the second degree as
     6  defined  in  subdivision two of section 130.30 of the penal law, rape in
     7  the third degree as defined in subdivision  one  or  three   of  section
     8  130.25   of  the  penal  law, criminal sexual act in the third degree as
     9  defined in subdivision one or three of section 130.40 of the penal  law,
    10  criminal  sexual  act in the second degree as defined in subdivision two
    11  of section 130.45 of the penal law,  or  a  crime  defined  or  formerly
    12  defined  in  section 130.50 of the penal law, or aggravated sexual abuse
    13  in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of the  penal  law,  or
    14  course  of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as defined
    15  in section 130.75 of the penal law, or incest in  the  first  degree  as
    16  defined in section 255.27 of the penal law may be commenced at any time;
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02931-01-1