STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2380 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN, BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the severity of rape in the second degree, sexual abuse in the second degree and course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 130.30 of the penal law, 2 as amended by chapter 777 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 Rape in the second degree is a class [D] C felony. 5 § 2. The closing paragraph of section 130.60 of the penal law, as 6 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 7 Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E felony. 8 § 3. The closing paragraph of section 130.80 of the penal law, as 9 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 10 Course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree is a 11 class [D] C felony. 12 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 13 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. LBD05832-01-5