Assembly Bill A47A

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to facilitating female genital mutilation

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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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2015-A47 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3484
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §260.22, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A7320, S5518

2015-A47 - Summary

Provides a person is guilty of facilitating female genitalia mutilation when such person intentionally aids the commission or attempted commission of a person circumcising, excising or infibulating female genitalia of a person less than 18 years old.

2015-A47 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   47

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, ZEBROWSKI, CLARK, FAHY, GALEF, JAFFEE,
  MILLER, ROSENTHAL, ROZIC, SCARBOROUGH,  TITONE,  COOK,  MOYA,  HOOPER,
  OTIS, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to female genital mutilation

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 130.85 of the penal law, as  added
by chapter 618 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1. A person is guilty of female genital mutilation when:
  (a)  a person knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole
or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris  of  another
person who has not reached eighteen years of age; [or]
  (b)  being  a parent, guardian or other person legally responsible and
charged with the care or custody of a child  less  than  eighteen  years
old, he or she knowingly consents to the circumcision, excision or infi-
bulation  of  whole or part of such child's labia majora or labia minora
or clitoris[.]; OR
  (C) A PERSON KNOWINGLY REMOVES OR CAUSES THE REMOVAL OF A PERSON  LESS
THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD FROM THIS STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CIRCUMCISING,
EXCISING,  OR INFIBULATING, THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE LABIA MAJORA OR
LABIA MINORA OR CLITORIS OF SUCH PERSON.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00542-01-5

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2015-A47A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3484
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §260.22, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A7320, S5518

2015-A47A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a person is guilty of facilitating female genitalia mutilation when such person intentionally aids the commission or attempted commission of a person circumcising, excising or infibulating female genitalia of a person less than 18 years old.

2015-A47A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  47--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, ZEBROWSKI, FAHY, GALEF, JAFFEE, MILLER,
  ROSENTHAL, ROZIC, TITONE, COOK, MOYA, HOOPER, OTIS, RAIA, GOTTFRIED --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the
  Committee on Codes in accordance with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to facilitating female  geni-
  tal mutilation

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

  Section 1.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 260.22 to
read as follows:
S 260.22 FACILITATING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FACILITATING  FEMALE  GENITAL  MUTILATION  WHEN,
KNOWING THAT A PERSON INTENDS TO ENGAGE IN THE CIRCUMCISING, EXCISING OR
INFIBULATING OF THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE LABIA MAJORA OR LABIA MINO-
RA  OR  CLITORIS  OF A PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 130.85 OF THIS CHAPTER, HE OR SHE
INTENTIONALLY AIDS  THE  COMMISSION  OR  ATTEMPTED  COMMISSION  OF  SUCH
CONDUCT.
  FACILITATING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00542-04-6

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