Bill Text: NY A05477 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the penalty for rape in the first degree from a B felony to an A-II felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-03 - held for consideration in codes [A05477 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A05477-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5477 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the penalty for rape in the first degree The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 130.35 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of 2 the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 130.35 Rape in the first degree. 4 A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when he or she engages 5 in sexual intercourse with another person: 6 1. By forcible compulsion; or 7 2. Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless; 8 or 9 3. Who is less than eleven years old; or 10 4. Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen years 11 old or more. 12 Rape in the first degree is a class [B] A-II felony. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09425-01-1