A6230 (2025-26 session)

NY State bill

Makes the commission of rape, a criminal sexual act, aggravated sexual abuse or course of sexual conduct against a child less than 12 years of age or against a child less than 14 years of age by a person 21 years old or more a class A-I felony; eliminates references to such offenses in less severe crimes; includes such offenses within murder in the second degree for purposes of sentencing to life imprisonment without parole for murder committed in the course of committing such sex offenses against a child; designates such sex offenses against a child as sexually violent offenses for the purposes of sex offender registration; requires every sex offender convicted of such an offense to be subject to lifetime electronic monitoring by the division of criminal justice services upon release from prison.

Title
Makes certain sex offenses committed against a child class A-I felonies subject to a sentence of imprisonment of 25 years to life
Type
New York State Assembly bill
Session
2025-26 session
Status
In Assembly Committee
Latest action date
2026-01-07
In committee
Codes
Introduced
2025-02-27
Law section
Penal Law

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Heard in committee

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