New York A 6214: Relates to disability retirement for members of the department of environmental conservation, forest rangers, university police officers and the regional state park police

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A06214 Summary:

BILL NOA06214 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORButtenschon

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Amd Pen L, generally; amd §168-a, Cor L

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Enacts "Kimberly's Law" establishing certain sex offenses, including sex offenses against children; relates to criminal sentencing for defendants convicted of certain sex offenses.

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BILL NOA06214 

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02/27/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6214

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to
 establishing certain sex offenses and criminal sentencing for defend-
 ants convicted of certain sex offenses

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Kimberly's law".
 3 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.36 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 130.36 Aggravated rape.
 6 A person is guilty of aggravated rape when such person engages in
 7 sexual intercourse with another person:
 8 1. With intent to cause serious physical injury; and
 9 2. Such person is armed with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument,
 10 or any object used in a manner to lead the victim to reasonably believe
 11 such object to be a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument; and
 12 (a) By forcible compulsion; or
 13 (b) Such victim is incapable of consent by reason of being physically
 14 helpless; or
 15 (c) Such victim is less than eleven years old; or
 16 (d) Such victim is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eigh-
 17 teen years old or more.
 18 Aggravated rape is a class A felony.
 19 § 3. Section 70.80 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 20 vision 10 to read as follows:
 21 10. Sentence of imprisonment for an offender of certain felony sex
 22 offenses. An offender convicted of rape in the first degree pursuant to
 23 section 130.35 of this chapter or an offender convicted of aggravated
 24 rape pursuant to section 130.36 of this chapter shall not be released

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09922-02-5

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 1 pursuant to section 70.40 of this article until such minimum sentence
 2 shall have been served.
 3 § 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
 4 70.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 107 of the laws of 2006,
 5 is amended to read as follows:
 6 (i) For a class A-I felony, such minimum period shall not be less than
 7 fifteen years nor more than twenty-five years; provided, however, that
 8 (A) where a sentence, other than a sentence of death or life imprison-
 9 ment without parole, is imposed upon a defendant convicted of murder in
 10 the first degree as defined in section 125.27 of this chapter such mini-
 11 mum period shall be not less than twenty years nor more than twenty-five
 12 years, and, (B) where a sentence is imposed upon a defendant convicted
 13 of murder in the second degree as defined in subdivision five of section
 14 125.25 of this chapter or convicted of aggravated murder as defined in
 15 section 125.26 of this chapter, the sentence shall be life imprisonment
 16 without parole, and, (C) where a sentence is imposed upon a defendant
 17 convicted of attempted murder in the first degree as defined in article
 18 one hundred ten of this chapter and subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of
 19 paragraph (a) of subdivision one and paragraph (b) of subdivision one of
 20 section 125.27 of this chapter or attempted aggravated murder as defined
 21 in article one hundred ten of this chapter and section 125.26 of this
 22 chapter such minimum period shall be not less than twenty years nor more
 23 than forty years, and, (D) where a sentence is imposed upon a defendant
 24 convicted of rape of a child as defined in section 130.37, criminal
 25