Senate Bill S1489

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Changes the juvenile delinquent status age from sixteen to seventeen years of age

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee

  • 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-S1489 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4412
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §301.2, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5496
2011-2012: A3613
2013-2014: S5497, A3372
2017-2018: S2708, A5480

2015-S1489 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the juvenile delinquent status age, found in the Family Court Act, from sixteen to seventeen years of age.

2015-S1489 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1489 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1489

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to changing the  juve-
  nile delinquent status age from sixteen to seventeen

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 301.2 of the family court act,  as
added by chapter 920 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  "Juvenile  delinquent"  means  a  person  over seven and less than
[sixteen] SEVENTEEN years of age, who,  having  committed  an  act  that
would constitute a crime if committed by an adult, (a) is not criminally
responsible for such conduct by reason of infancy, or (b) is the defend-
ant  in  an  action  ordered removed from a criminal court to the family
court pursuant to article seven  hundred  twenty-five  of  the  criminal
procedure law.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06548-01-5

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