A02320 Summary:
| BILL NO | A02320 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Tague |
| COSPNSR | Brabenec, Colton |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §260.10, Pen L | |
| Establishes legislation to protect children under the age of eighteen from inappropriate communication which creates the foreseeable risk of endangering the child's emotional, mental or physical welfare. | |
A02320 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to protecting children under the age of eighteen from endangerment PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would extend protections offered under the existing "endanger- ing the welfare of a child" statute from under the age of seventeen to under the age of eighteen. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of this bill amends Penal Law section 260.10, subdivision 1, to protect children under the age of eighteen from endangerment. Section two provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: The fiscal year 2018 budget included legislation to raise the age of criminal responsibility to eighteen years of age. This change meant that sixteen and seventeen year olds would be considered "adolescent offen- ders" and would no longer be automatically charged as adults. With that said, currently we have laws in place protecting young victims that stop once a child turns seventeen years old. If we wish to have fair and honest protection for all in our justice system, we must also ensure that child victims are protected until eighteen as well. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2022:A.3865 held for consideration in Codes 2021:A.3865 referred to Codes 2020:A.10144 referred to Codes FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None to the State. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.