Assembly Bill A2683

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the age at which a person is considered a child for the purposes of sexual performances by a child

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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
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2023-A2683 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 263 §§263.00 - 263.30, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2273
2011-2012: A2025
2013-2014: A2762, A8417
2015-2016: A2300
2017-2018: A2253
2019-2020: A4152
2021-2022: A4945

2023-A2683 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases from 16 to 18 years the age at which a sexual performance by a child becomes a crime on the part of anyone using, employing, authorizing, producing, directing or promoting any such sexual performance.

2023-A2683 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2683
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to sexual  performance  by  a
   child under the age of eighteen years
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Article 263 of the penal law, as added by  chapter  910  of
 the  laws  of  1977,  subdivisions  1  and 2 of section 263.00, sections
 263.05, 263.10, 263.15, 263.25 and subdivision 1 of  section  263.20  as
 amended  by  chapter  1  of  the  laws  of 2000, subdivisions 3 and 7 of
 section 263.00 as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of  2003,  sections
 263.11  and  263.16  as  amended  and subdivision 9 of section 263.00 as
 added by chapter 456 of the laws of 2012 and section 263.30 as added  by
 chapter 431 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 263
                       SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD
 Section 263.00  Definitions.
         263.05  Use of a child in a sexual performance.
         263.10  Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child.
         263.11  Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child.
         263.15  Promoting a sexual performance by a child.
         263.16  Possessing a sexual performance by a child.
         263.20  Sexual performance by a child; affirmative defenses.
         263.25  Proof of age of child.
         263.30  Facilitating  a  sexual  performance  by  a child with a
                   controlled substance or alcohol.
 § 263.00 Definitions.
   As used in this article the following definitions shall apply:
   1. "Sexual performance" means any performance or part  thereof  which,
 for  purposes of section 263.16 of this article, includes sexual conduct
 by a child less than [sixteen] EIGHTEEN years of age or, for purposes of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06889-01-3
              

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