New York A 3512: Relates to crimes committed against a child

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A03512 Summary:

BILL NOA03512 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBarclay (MS)

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COSPNSRMorinello, Miller, Smith, Mikulin, Gallahan, DeStefano, Tague, Brabenec, Chang, Blumencranz,
 Angelino, Brook-Krasny, Novakhov, Molitor

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MLTSPNSRBrown K, Lemondes, Manktelow

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Amd Pen L, generally; amd §30.10, CP L; amd §§213-c & 215, CPLR

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Relates to crimes against a child; makes endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree a crime.

Go to top A03512 Actions:

BILL NOA03512 

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01/28/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

05/05/2026held for consideration in codes

Go to topA03512 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/05/2026AYE/NAY:13/5 Action: Held for Consideration DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightExcusedMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresAbsent

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA03512 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA03512 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3512

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, MORINELLO, MILLER, SMITH, MIKULIN,
 GALLAHAN, DeSTEFANO, TAGUE, BRABENEC, CHANG, BLUMENCRANZ, ANGELINO,
 BROOK-KRASNY, NOVAKHOV -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. K. BROWN,
 LEMONDES, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure law and the civil
 practice law and rules, in relation to crimes committed against a
 child

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

 1 Section 1. Section 260.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 447
 2 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree.
 4 A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child in the second
 5 degree when:
 6 1. [He or she] Such person knowingly acts in a manner likely to be
 7 injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a child less than
 8 seventeen years old or directs or authorizes such child to engage in an
 9 occupation involving a substantial risk of danger to [his or her] such
 10 child's life or health; or
 11 2. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the
 12 care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, [he or she]
 13 such parent or guardian fails or refuses to exercise reasonable dili-
 14 gence in the control of such child to prevent [him or her] such child
 15 from becoming an "abused child," a "neglected child," a "juvenile delin-
 16 quent" or a "person in need of supervision," as those terms are defined
 17 in articles ten, three and seven of the family court act.
 18 3. A person is not guilty of the provisions of this section when [he
 19 or she] such person engages in the conduct described in subdivision one
 20 of section 260.00 of this article: (a) with the intent to wholly abandon
 21 the child by relinquishing responsibility for and right to the care and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05107-01-5

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 1 custody of such child; (b) with the intent that the child be safe from
 2 physical injury and cared for in an appropriate manner; (c) the child is
 3 left with an appropriate person, or in a suitable location and the
 4 person who leaves the child promptly notifies an appropriate person of
 5 the child's location; and (d) the child is not more than thirty days
 6 old.
 7 Endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree is a class A
 8 misdemeanor.
 9 § 2. Section 260.11 of the penal law is renumbered section 260.12.
 10 § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 260.11 to read
 11 as follows:
 12 § 260.11 Endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.
 13 A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child in the first
 14 degree when:
 15 1. Such person knowingly acts in a manner which creates a foreseeable
 16 risk of either serious physical injury or protracted harm to the mental
 17 or