STATE OF NEW YORK
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1266--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 9, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. PERALTA, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to designating promoting
prostitution in the first degree, compelling prostitution and sex
trafficking as class B violent felony offenses and the prostitution of
minors
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 1 of section 70.02 of the
2 penal law, as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (a) Class B violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit the class
5 A-I felonies of murder in the second degree as defined in section
6 125.25, kidnapping in the first degree as defined in section 135.25, and
7 arson in the first degree as defined in section 150.20; manslaughter in
8 the first degree as defined in section 125.20, aggravated manslaughter
9 in the first degree as defined in section 125.22, rape in the first
10 degree as defined in section 130.35, criminal sexual act in the first
11 degree as defined in section 130.50, aggravated sexual abuse in the
12 first degree as defined in section 130.70, course of sexual conduct
13 against a child in the first degree as defined in section 130.75;
14 assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.10, kidnapping in
15 the second degree as defined in section 135.20, burglary in the first
16 degree as defined in section 140.30, arson in the second degree as
17 defined in section 150.15, robbery in the first degree as defined in
18 section 160.15, promoting prostitution in the first degree as defined in
19 section 230.32, compelling prostitution as defined in section 230.33,
20 sex trafficking as defined in [paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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