New York A 7258: Enacts the Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act; provides for the elimination and extension of certain statutes of limitations relating thereto

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A07258 Summary:

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Amd §30.10, CP L; amd §§10.00, 20.00, 130.05, 260.10, 120.40 & 260.15, add §260.09, Pen L; amd §422, Soc Serv
L; amd §208, add §213-e, CPLR

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Enacts the Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act; provides for the elimination and extension of certain statutes of limitations related to sexual offenses against children, the expansion of reporting requirements in cases of such offenses, and the expansion of the central child abuse and maltreatment register.

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03/21/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7258

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, the penal law, the social
 services law, and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to
 enacting the Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act; providing for the elimi-
 nation and extending of certain statutes of limitations related to
 sexual offenses against children, the expansion of reporting require-
 ments in cases of such offenses, and the expansion of the central
 child abuse and maltreatment register; and providing for the repeal of
 certain provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Child
 2 Sexual Abuse Reform Act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure law is
 4 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
 5 (i) A prosecution for the offense of hindering prosecution in the
 6 third degree as defined in section 205.55 of the penal law, hindering
 7 prosecution in the second degree as defined in section 205.60 of the
 8 penal law, and hindering prosecution in the first degree as defined in
 9 section 205.65 of the penal law, where such offense involves a sexual
 10 offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law which
 11 is committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, incest as
 12 defined in article two hundred fifty-five of the penal law which is
 13 committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, or use of a
 14 child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal
 15 law, may be commenced at any time.
 16 § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 10.00 of the penal law, as amended by
 17 chapter 791 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10260-01-5

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 1 7. "Person" means a human being, and where appropriate, a public or
 2 private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a
 3 nonprofit corporation, a government or a governmental instrumentality.
 4 § 4. Section 20.00 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 20.00 Criminal liability for conduct of another.
 6 When one person engages in conduct which constitutes an offense,
 7 another person is criminally liable for such conduct when, acting with
 8 the mental culpability required for the commission thereof, [he] such
 9 person solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or intentionally aids
 10 such person to engage in such conduct or, for an offense listed in arti-
 11 cle one hundred thirty of this chapter which is committed against a
 12 child less than eighteen years of age, after the commission of the
 13 offense such person conceals or hinders the discovery of the offense or
 14 evidence of the offense.
 15 § 5. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 3 of section 130.05 of the penal
 16 law, as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 17 follows:
 18 (h) a client or patient and the actor is a health care provider or
 19 mental health care provider or anyone representing themselves as a
 20 member of the clergy who provid