Assembly Bill A182

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts Erin's law

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A182 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1510
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §125.25 sub 5, amd Pen L, generally; amd §§30.30, 180.85, 190.25 & 700.05, CP L; amd §509-cc, V & T L; amd §4-1.6, EPT L; amd §995, Exec L; amd §§358-a, 384-b, 422, 424 & 420, Soc Serv L; amd §1012, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S3582

2009-A182 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Erin's law"; establishes the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a child shall include intentional killing of a person under 14 while in the course of committing rape, criminal sexual acts, aggravated sexual abuse or incest against such child, or the depraved indifference or intentional killing of a person under 14 while being legally responsible for the care of such child; repeals provisions of murder in the second degree which mirror certain provisions of aggravated murder of a child

2009-A182 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   182

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CHRISTENSEN -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure law,  the  vehicle
  and traffic law, the estates, powers and trusts law, the executive law
  and  the  social services law, in relation to establishing the offense
  of aggravated murder of a child; to amend the penal law, the  criminal
  procedure  law,  the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in
  relation to establishing the offenses of aggravated abuse of  a  child
  in the third degree, aggravated abuse of a child in the second degree,
  aggravated  abuse  of  a  child  in  the  first  degree and aggravated
  manslaughter of a child; to amend the penal law, the  criminal  proce-
  dure  law,  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law  and the executive law, in
  relation to establishing the offense  of  aggravated  endangering  the
  welfare  of  a child; to amend the social services law, in relation to
  aggravated manslaughter of a child; to repeal subdivision 5 of section
  125.25 of the penal law relating to the murder of a  person  under  14
  years  of  age while in the course of committing certain sex offenses;
  and to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
  recording  of  calls  to the statewide central register of child abuse
  and maltreatment made by persons  required  by  law  to  report  child
  abuse,  requiring the office of children and family services to inves-
  tigate the prior history of the subject of a report of child abuse  or
  maltreatment  and requiring such office to inform a caller if a report
  cannot be taken; requiring increased scrutiny and the presence of  law
  enforcement  during the investigation of a child abuse or maltreatment
  report with prior history of such reports; and  to  amend  the  family
  court act, in relation to the definition of the term "neglected child"

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00344-01-9

              

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