Crime Committee Report e.indd - New York State Senate

XVIII. Bills That Passed 2010 Senate
and Awaiting Assembly Action
S.7705 HASSELL-THOMPSON, ADAMS, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, DIAZ, DILAN, ESPADA,
FLANAGAN, FOLEY, GOLDEN, HUNTLEY, C. JOHNSON, KRUEGER, KRUGER, LANZA,
LEIBELL, LITTLE, MAZIARZ, ONORATO, OPPENHEIMER, PADAVAN, PARKER, PERALTA,
PERKINS, RANZENHOFER, ROBACH, SAMPSON, SAVINO, SQUADRON, STACHOWSKI,
STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS, VALESKY, YOUNG
/ A 11035 Lentol
Child Protection Act of 2010
6/25/10 – Passed Senate
Referred to as the toughest child protection act in America, the child protection act of 2010;
establishes the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be
life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a child shall include intentional killing
of a person under 14 while in the course of committing rape, criminal sexual acts, aggravated
sexual abuse or incest against such child, or the depraved indifference or intentional killing of
a person under 14 while being legally responsible for the care of such child; repeals provisions
of murder in the second degree which mirror certain provisions of aggravated murder of a
child; treats the offense of aggravated murder of a child in a manner similar to murder in the
first degree; establishes the offenses of aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated abuse
of a child in the first, second and third degrees, and aggravated endangering the welfare of a
child. Systemically makes criminal recklessness the required mens rea for selected offenses.
S.5207 HASSELL-THOMPSON, DIAZ, KRUEGER / A 8064 Aubry
Correction Officers to Receive Notice of Subpoena
6/7/10 – Passed Senate
The Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services is authorized to issue subpoenas
compelling the production of books, writings and papers of any officer or employee of the
department whose conduct is being investigated. The provisions of law governing the issuance
of such subpoenas do not require that any notice be provided to the employee or officer who
is the subject of such a subpoena. As such, officer and employees, for example, may have their
personal telephone records subpoenaed without their personal knowledge. This proposed
legislation would not in any way limit the authority of the Commissioner in terms of his or her
ability to issue subpoenas. Rather, it would simply ensure that an employee or officer whose
personal information is the subject of a subpoena receives some minimal notice with respect to
such subpoena.
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