New York S 5881: Permits consent for service in the form of magnetic tape or through electronic means for certain collection procedures

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S05881 Summary:

BILL NOS05881 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSRMURRAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§60.06, 70.00, 130.35, 130.50 & 130.75, rpld §§130.30, 130.45 & 130.96, add §§130.36 & 130.51, Pen L

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Provides for the imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for defendants convicted of certain sex offenses against a child or mentally disabled person.

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5881

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. LANZA, MURRAY -- 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 making certain sex
 offenses committed against a child or a mentally disabled person class
 A-I felonies for which a sentence of life imprisonment without parole
 shall be imposed; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relat-
 ing to sex offenses committed against children or the mentally disa-
 bled

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

 1 Section 1. Section 60.06 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 482
 2 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 60.06 Authorized disposition; murder in the first degree offenders;
 4 aggravated murder offenders; certain murder in the second
 5 degree offenders; certain sex offenders; certain terrorism
 6 offenders; criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biolog-
 7 ical weapon offenders; criminal use of a chemical weapon or
 8 biological weapon offenders.
 9 When a defendant is convicted of murder in the first degree as defined
 10 in section 125.27 of this chapter, the court shall, in accordance with
 11 the provisions of section 400.27 of the criminal procedure law, sentence
 12 the defendant to death, to life imprisonment without parole in accord-
 13 ance with subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title, or to a term
 14 of imprisonment for a class A-I felony other than a sentence of life
 15 imprisonment without parole, in accordance with subdivisions one through
 16 three of section 70.00 of this title. When a person is convicted of
 17 murder in the second degree as defined in subdivision five of section
 18 125.25 of this chapter or of the crime of aggravated murder as defined
 19 in subdivision one of section 125.26 of this chapter, the court shall
 20 sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without parole in accordance
 21 with subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title. When a defendant

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10513-01-5

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 1 is convicted of aggravated rape as defined in section 130.36 of this
 2 chapter, aggravated criminal sexual act as defined in section 130.51 of
 3 this chapter or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first
 4 degree as defined in section 130.75 of this chapter, the court shall
 5 sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without parole in accordance
 6 with subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title. When a defendant
 7 is convicted of the crime of terrorism as defined in section 490.25 of
 8 this chapter, and the specified offense the defendant committed is a
 9 class A-I felony offense, or when a defendant is convicted of the crime
 10 of criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the
 11 first degree as defined in section 490.45 of this chapter, or when a
 12 defendant is convicted of the crime of criminal use of a chemical weapon
 13 or biological weapon in the first degree as defined in section 490.55 of
 14 this chapter, the court shall sentence the defendant to life imprison-
 15 ment without parole in accordance with subdivision five of section 70.00
 16 of this title; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall
 17 preclude or prevent a sentence of death when the defendant is also
 18 convicted of murd