Bill Text: NY A05350 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relates to endangering the welfare of a child; establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-05 - held for consideration in codes [A05350 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A05350-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relates to endangering the welfare of a child; establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-05 - held for consideration in codes [A05350 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A05350-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5350
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 16, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law and the executive law, in relation to
endangering the welfare of a child
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 260.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 447
2 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
3 S 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
4 A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child IN THE SECOND
5 DEGREE when:
6 1. He or she knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the
7 physical, mental or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years
8 old or directs or authorizes such child to engage in an occupation
9 involving a substantial risk of danger to his or her life or health; or
10 2. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the
11 care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, he or she fails
12 or refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of such child
13 to prevent him or her from becoming an "abused child," a "neglected
14 child," a "juvenile delinquent" or a "person in need of supervision," as
15 those terms are defined in articles ten, three and seven of the family
16 court act.
17 3. A person is not guilty of the provisions of this section when he or
18 she engages in the conduct described in subdivision one of section
19 260.00 of this article: (a) with the intent to wholly abandon the child
20 by relinquishing responsibility for and right to the care and custody of
21 such child; (b) with the intent that the child be safe from physical
22 injury and cared for in an appropriate manner; (c) the child is left
23 with an appropriate person, or in a suitable location and the person who
24 leaves the child promptly notifies an appropriate person of the child's
25 location; and (d) the child is not more than thirty days old.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 Endangering the welfare of a child IN THE SECOND DEGREE is a class A
2 misdemeanor.
3 S 2. Section 260.11 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 89 of the
4 laws of 1984, is renumbered section 260.12 and amended to read as
5 follows:
6 S 260.12 Endangering the welfare of a child; corroboration.
7 A person shall not be convicted of endangering the welfare of a child
8 IN THE FIRST OR SECOND DEGREE, or of an attempt to commit the same, upon
9 the testimony of a victim who is incapable of consent because of mental
10 defect or mental incapacity as to conduct that constitutes an offense or
11 an attempt to commit an offense referred to in section 130.16, without
12 additional evidence sufficient pursuant to section 130.16 to sustain a
13 conviction of an offense referred to in section 130.16, or of an attempt
14 to commit the same.
15 S 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 260.11 to read
16 as follows:
17 S 260.11 ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
18 A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IN THE FIRST
19 DEGREE WHEN:
20 1. HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY ACTS IN A MANNER LIKELY TO BE INJURIOUS TO A
21 CHILD LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD OR DIRECTS OR AUTHORIZES SUCH CHILD
22 TO ENGAGE IN AN OCCUPATION INVOLVING A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF DANGER TO HIS
23 OR HER LIFE OR HEALTH AND AS A RESULT SUCH CHILD SUSTAINS SERIOUS PHYS-
24 ICAL INJURY; OR
25 2. HE OR SHE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF THIS
26 SECTION OR OF SECTION 260.10 OF THIS ARTICLE AND COMMITS THE CRIME OF
27 ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
28 ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS E
29 FELONY.
30 S 4. Section 260.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 447 of the
31 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
32 S 260.15 Endangering the welfare of a child; defense.
33 In any prosecution for endangering the welfare of a child, pursuant to
34 section 260.10 OR 260.11 of this article, based upon an alleged failure
35 or refusal to provide proper medical care or treatment to an ill child,
36 it is an affirmative defense that the defendant (a) is a parent, guardi-
37 an or other person legally charged with the care or custody of such
38 child; and (b) is a member or adherent of an organized church or reli-
39 gious group the tenets of which prescribe prayer as the principal treat-
40 ment for illness; and (c) treated or caused such ill child to be treated
41 in accordance with such tenets.
42 S 5. Subdivision 7 of section 995 of the executive law, as amended by
43 chapter 2 of the laws of 2006, paragraph (a) as separately amended by
44 chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, paragraph (f) as amended by chapter 405
45 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
46 7. "Designated offender" means a person convicted of and sentenced for
47 any one or more of the following provisions of the penal law (a)
48 sections 120.05, 120.10, and 120.11, relating to assault; sections
49 125.15 through 125.27 relating to homicide; sections 130.25, 130.30,
50 130.35, 130.40, 130.45, 130.50, 130.65, 130.67 and 130.70, relating to
51 sex offenses; sections 205.10, 205.15, 205.17 and 205.19, relating to
52 escape and other offenses, where the offender has been convicted within
53 the previous five years of one of the other felonies specified in this
54 subdivision; or sections 255.25, 255.26 and 255.27, relating to incest,
55 a violent felony offense as defined in subdivision one of section 70.02
56 of the penal law, attempted murder in the first degree, as defined in
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1 section 110.00 and section 125.27 of the penal law, kidnapping in the
2 first degree, as defined in section 135.25 of the penal law, arson in
3 the first degree, as defined in section 150.20 of the penal law,
4 burglary in the third degree, as defined in section 140.20 of the penal
5 law, attempted burglary in the third degree, as defined in section
6 110.00 and section 140.20 of the penal law, a felony defined in article
7 four hundred ninety of the penal law relating to terrorism or any
8 attempt to commit an offense defined in such article relating to terror-
9 ism which is a felony; or (b) criminal possession of a controlled
10 substance in the first degree, as defined in section 220.21 of the penal
11 law; criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree,
12 as defined in section 220.18 of the penal law; criminal sale of a
13 controlled substance, as defined in article [220] TWO HUNDRED TWENTY of
14 the penal law; or grand larceny in the fourth degree, as defined in
15 subdivision five of section 155.30 of the penal law; or (c) any misde-
16 meanor or felony defined as a sex offense or sexually violent offense
17 pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subdivision two or paragraph
18 (a) of subdivision three of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of the
19 correction law; or (d) any of the following felonies, or an attempt
20 thereof where such attempt is a felony offense:
21 aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old, as
22 defined in section 120.12 of the penal law; menacing in the first
23 degree, as defined in section 120.13 of the penal law; reckless endan-
24 germent in the first degree, as defined in section 120.25 of the penal
25 law; stalking in the second degree, as defined in section 120.55 of the
26 penal law; criminally negligent homicide, as defined in section 125.10
27 of the penal law; vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, as
28 defined in section 125.12 of the penal law; vehicular manslaughter in
29 the first degree, as defined in section 125.13 of the penal law;
30 persistent sexual abuse, as defined in section 130.53 of the penal law;
31 aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree, as defined in section
32 130.65-a of the penal law; female genital mutilation, as defined in
33 section 130.85 of the penal law; facilitating a sex offense with a
34 controlled substance, as defined in section 130.90 of the penal law;
35 unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, as defined in section 135.10
36 of the penal law; custodial interference in the first degree, as defined
37 in section 135.50 of the penal law; criminal trespass in the first
38 degree, as defined in section 140.17 of the penal law; criminal tamper-
39 ing in the first degree, as defined in section 145.20 of the penal law;
40 tampering with a consumer product in the first degree, as defined in
41 section 145.45 of the penal law; robbery in the third degree as defined
42 in section 160.05 of the penal law; identity theft in the second degree,
43 as defined in section 190.79 of the penal law; identity theft in the
44 first degree, as defined in section 190.80 of the penal law; promoting
45 prison contraband in the first degree, as defined in section 205.25 of
46 the penal law; tampering with a witness in the third degree, as defined
47 in section 215.11 of the penal law; tampering with a witness in the
48 second degree, as defined in section 215.12 of the penal law; tampering
49 with a witness in the first degree, as defined in section 215.13 of the
50 penal law; criminal contempt in the first degree, as defined in subdivi-
51 sions (b), (c) and (d) of section 215.51 of the penal law; aggravated
52 criminal contempt, as defined in section 215.52 of the penal law; bail
53 jumping in the second degree, as defined in section 215.56 of the penal
54 law; bail jumping in the first degree, as defined in section 215.57 of
55 the penal law; patronizing a prostitute in the second degree, as defined
56 in section 230.05 of the penal law; patronizing a prostitute in the
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1 first degree, as defined in section 230.06 of the penal law; promoting
2 prostitution in the second degree, as defined in section 230.30 of the
3 penal law; promoting prostitution in the first degree, as defined in
4 section 230.32 of the penal law; compelling prostitution, as defined in
5 section 230.33 of the penal law; disseminating indecent materials to
6 minors in the second degree, as defined in section 235.21 of the penal
7 law; disseminating indecent materials to minors in the first degree, as
8 defined in section 235.22 of the penal law; riot in the first degree, as
9 defined in section 240.06 of the penal law; criminal anarchy, as defined
10 in section 240.15 of the penal law; aggravated harassment of an employee
11 by an inmate, as defined in section 240.32 of the penal law; unlawful
12 surveillance in the second degree, as defined in section 250.45 of the
13 penal law; unlawful surveillance in the first degree, as defined in
14 section 250.50 of the penal law; endangering the welfare of a vulnerable
15 elderly person, OR AN INCOMPETENT OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON in the
16 second degree, as defined in section 260.32 of the penal law; endanger-
17 ing the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, OR AN INCOMPETENT OR
18 PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON in the first degree, as defined in section
19 260.34 of the penal law; use of a child in a sexual performance, as
20 defined in section 263.05 of the penal law; promoting an obscene sexual
21 performance by a child, as defined in section 263.10 of the penal law;
22 possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child, as defined in
23 section 263.11 of the penal law; promoting a sexual performance by a
24 child, as defined in section 263.15 of the penal law; possessing a sexu-
25 al performance by a child, as defined in section 263.16 of the penal
26 law; criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, as defined in
27 section 265.02 of the penal law; criminal sale of a firearm in the third
28 degree, as defined in section 265.11 of the penal law; criminal sale of
29 a firearm to a minor, as defined in section 265.16 of the penal law;
30 unlawful wearing of a body vest, as defined in section 270.20 of the
31 penal law; hate crimes as defined in section 485.05 of the penal law;
32 and crime of terrorism, as defined in section 490.25 of the penal law;
33 or (e) a felony defined in the penal law or an attempt thereof where
34 such attempt is a felony; or (f) any of the following misdemeanors:
35 assault in the third degree as defined in section 120.00 of the penal
36 law; attempted aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years
37 old, as defined in section 110.00 and section 120.12 of the penal law;
38 attempted menacing in the first degree, as defined in section 110.00 and
39 section 120.13 of the penal law; menacing in the second degree as
40 defined in section 120.14 of the penal law; menacing in the third degree
41 as defined in section 120.15 of the penal law; reckless endangerment in
42 the second degree as defined in section 120.20 of the penal law; stalk-
43 ing in the fourth degree as defined in section 120.45 of the penal law;
44 stalking in the third degree as defined in section 120.50 of the penal
45 law; attempted stalking in the second degree, as defined in section
46 110.00 and section 120.55 of the penal law; criminal obstruction of
47 breathing or blood circulation as defined in section 121.11 of the penal
48 law; forcible touching as defined in section 130.52 of the penal law
49 regardless of the age of the victim; sexual abuse in the third degree as
50 defined in section 130.55 of the penal law regardless of the age of the
51 victim; unlawful imprisonment in the second degree as defined in section
52 135.05 of the penal law regardless of the age of the victim; attempted
53 unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, as defined in section 110.00
54 and section 135.10 of the penal law regardless of the age of the victim;
55 criminal trespass in the second degree as defined in section 140.15 of
56 the penal law; possession of burglar's tools as defined in section
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1 140.35 of the penal law; petit larceny as defined in section 155.25 of
2 the penal law; endangering the welfare of a child IN THE SECOND DEGREE
3 as defined in section 260.10 of the penal law; ENDANGERING THE WELFARE
4 OF A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 260.11 OF THE PENAL
5 LAW; endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled
6 person as defined in section 260.25 of the penal law.
7 S 6. Paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 120.40 of the penal law,
8 as added by chapter 635 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
9 follows:
10 c. assault in the third degree, as defined in section 120.00; menacing
11 in the first degree, as defined in section 120.13; menacing in the
12 second degree, as defined in section 120.14; coercion in the first
13 degree, as defined in section 135.65; coercion in the second degree, as
14 defined in section 135.60; aggravated harassment in the second degree,
15 as defined in section 240.30; harassment in the first degree, as defined
16 in section 240.25; menacing in the third degree, as defined in section
17 120.15; criminal mischief in the third degree, as defined in section
18 145.05; criminal mischief in the second degree, as defined in section
19 145.10, criminal mischief in the first degree, as defined in section
20 145.12; criminal tampering in the first degree, as defined in section
21 145.20; arson in the fourth degree, as defined in section 150.05; arson
22 in the third degree, as defined in section 150.10; criminal contempt in
23 the first degree, as defined in section 215.51; endangering the welfare
24 of a child IN THE SECOND DEGREE, as defined in section 260.10; ENDANGER-
25 ING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
26 260.11; or
27 S 7. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
28 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
