New York S 5531: Establishes the crime of aggravated forcible touching by an incarcerated individual

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S05531 Summary:

BILL NOS05531 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07027

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SPONSORHELMING

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §130.52-a, Pen L

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Establishes the crime of aggravated forcible touching by an incarcerated individual as a class E felony.

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BILL NOS05531 

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5531

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- 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 establishing the crime of
 aggravated forcible touching by an incarcerated individual

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

 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.52-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 130.52-a Aggravated forcible touching by an incarcerated individual.
 4 1. An incarcerated individual or respondent is guilty of aggravated
 5 forcible touching by an incarcerated individual when such incarcerated
 6 individual intentionally and for no legitimate purpose forcibly touches
 7 the sexual or other intimate parts of a person whom they know or reason-
 8 ably should know to be an employee of a facility, the board of parole,
 9 the office of mental health, a probation department, bureau or unit, or
 10 a police officer, for the purpose of degrading or abusing such person or
 11 for the purpose of gratifying the incarcerated individual's or respond-
 12 ent's sexual desire.
 13 2. For purposes of this section:
 14 (a) "incarcerated individual" means an incarcerated individual or
 15 detainee in a correctional facility, local correctional facility or a
 16 hospital, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section four
 17 hundred of the correction law;
 18 (b) "respondent" means a juvenile in a secure facility operated and
 19 maintained by the office of children and family services who is placed
 20 with or committed to the office of children and family services; and
 21 (c) "facility" means a correctional facility or local correctional
 22 facility, hospital as such term is defined in subdivision two of section
 23 four hundred of the correction law, or a secure facility operated and
 24 maintained by the office of children and family services.
 25 Aggravated forcible touching by an incarcerated individual is a class
 26 E felony.
 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10047-02-5

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