New York A06230 strengthens penalties for sex offenses against children under 12 or 14 by adults over 21.

New York A06230 amends the penal law to classify certain sex offenses against children as class A-I felonies. Specifically, it makes rape, criminal sexual act, aggravated sexual abuse, and course of sexual conduct against a child less than 12 years old or against a child less than 14 years old by an adult over 21 a class A-I felony. It also eliminates references to these offenses in less severe crimes and includes them within murder in the second degree for sentencing purposes.

New York A06230 strengthens penalties for sex offenses against children under 12 or 14 by adults over 21.

New York A06230 amends the penal law to classify certain sex offenses against children as class A-I felonies. Specifically, it makes rape, criminal sexual act, aggravated sexual abuse, and course of sexual conduct against a child less than 12 years old or against a child less than 14 years old by an adult over 21 a class A-I felony. It also eliminates references to these offenses in less severe crimes and includes them within murder in the second degree for sentencing purposes.