BILL NUMBER: S9616
SPONSOR: RYAN C
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to removing a certain time
period for the crime of persistent sexual abuse
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to remove the ten year time period in
relation to being defined as a person who has committed persistent sexu-
al abuse. Previously, one who had committed the crime of forcible touch-
ing, sexual abuse in the third degree, or sexual abuse in the second
degree, within a ten year period, would be guilty of persistent sexual
abuse.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends section 130.53 of the penal law Section 2. Estab-
lishes the effective date
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Sexual abuse is a serious issue. Preventative measures must be taken in
order to protect the people of the great State of New York. Those who
commit sexual abuses must know that such acts will not be tolerated, and
the consequences for such acts should reflect that message accordingly.
By allowing individuals to be convicted of a class E felony only if one
commits the sexual abuses within a ten year period sends the wrong
message and must be corrected. This legislation aims to correct this
oversight.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.3831of of 2024-2025 (Hoylman-Sigal): Passed Senate
S.1951 of 2023-2024 (Hoylman-Sigal): Passed Senate
S.0423 of 2021-2022 (Hoylman): Passed Senate/Died in Codes
S.1855 of 2019-2020 (Hoylman): Died in Codes
S.5027 of 2017-2018 (Hoylman): Passed Senate (2017)/Died in
Codes(2017-2018)
S.2418 of 2015-2016 (Perkins): Passed Senate
S.1222 of 2013-2014 (Perkins): Passed Senate
S.1365 of 2011-2012 (Perkins): Passed Senate
S.7434 of 2010 (Perkins): Passed Senate
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the
date on which the act shall have become a law.

Statutes affected:
S9616: 130.53 penal law