New York S 7257: Redesignates certain sex, prostitution, obscenity and sexual performance offenses committed against a child as class A-I felonies with a sentence of life imprisonment without parole

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S07257 Summary:

BILL NOS07257 

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SPONSORLANZA

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Redesignates certain sex, prostitution, obscenity and sexual performance offenses committed against a child as class A-I felonies with a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.

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BILL NOS07257 

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04/07/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7257

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to sex offenses, prostitution
 offenses, obscenity offenses and sexual performance by a child offense
 committed against a minor

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of
 2 section 70.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 107 of the laws of
 3 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) For a class A-I felony, such minimum period shall not be less than
 5 fifteen years nor more than twenty-five years; provided, however, that
 6 (A) where a sentence, other than a sentence of death or life imprison-
 7 ment without parole, is imposed upon a defendant convicted of murder in
 8 the first degree as defined in section 125.27 of this chapter such mini-
 9 mum period shall be not less than twenty years nor more than twenty-five
 10 years, and, (B) where a sentence is imposed upon a defendant convicted
 11 of murder in the second degree as defined in subdivision five of section
 12 125.25 of this chapter or convicted of aggravated murder as defined in
 13 section 125.26 of this chapter, the sentence shall be life imprisonment
 14 without parole, and, (C) where a sentence is imposed upon a defendant
 15 convicted of attempted murder in the first degree as defined in article
 16 one hundred ten of this chapter and subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of
 17 paragraph (a) of subdivision one and paragraph (b) of subdivision one of
 18 section 125.27 of this chapter or attempted aggravated murder as defined
 19 in article one hundred ten of this chapter and section 125.26 of this
 20 chapter such minimum period shall be not less than twenty years nor more
 21 than forty years, and, (D) where a sentence is imposed upon a defendant
 22 convicted of rape of a child as defined in section 130.36 of this chap-
 23 ter, convicted of criminal sexual act against a child as defined in
 24 section 130.51 of this chapter, convicted of sexual abuse of a child as

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11491-01-5

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 1 defined in section 130.64 of this chapter, convicted of aggravated sexu-
 2 al abuse of a child as defined in section 130.71 of this chapter,
 3 convicted of course of sexual conduct against a child in the first
 4 degree as defined in section 130.75 of this chapter, convicted of course
 5 of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree as defined in
 6 section 130.80 of this chapter, convicted of predatory sexual assault
 7 against a child as defined in section 130.96 of this chapter, convicted
 8 of patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree as defined
 9 in section 230.06 of this chapter, convicted of aggravated patronizing a
 10 minor for prostitution in the first degree as defined in section 230.13
 11 of this chapter, convicted of promoting prostitution in the first degree
 12 as defined in section 230.32 of this chapter, convicted of compelling
 13 prostitution as defined in section 230.33 of this chapter, convicted of
 14 disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree as defined
 15 in section 235.22 of this chapter, convicted of use of a child in a
 16 sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of this chapter or
 17 convicted of facilitating a sexual performance by a child with a
 18 controlled substanc