New York A 2458: Changes the designation of incest from a class E to a class B felony

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A02458 Summary:

BILL NOA02458 

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SPONSORColton

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Amd §§255.25 & 255.26, Pen L

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Changes the designation of incest in the third degree from a class E to a class B felony, and incest in the second degree from a class D to a class B felony.

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01/17/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2458

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to making incest a class B
 felony

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

 1 Section 1. The second undesignated paragraph of section 255.25 of the
 2 penal law, as amended by chapter 777 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 Incest in the third degree is a class [E] B felony.
 5 § 2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 255.26 of the penal
 6 law, as added by chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 7 follows:
 8 Incest in the second degree is a class [D] B felony.
 9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 10 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05934-01-5

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