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NY A 5783

in committee

Enacts "Paula's law"

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5783 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5783 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY A 5783 about?

Provides that being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing rape in the first, second or third degree, criminal sexual act in the first, second or third degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first, second, third or fourth degree, or incest in the first, second or third degree, against a person less than eighteen years old, such defendant intentionally causes the death of such person.

Who sponsors NY A 5783?

Patrick Chludzinski is the primary sponsor of NY A 5783, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Provides that being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing rape in the first, second or third degree, criminal sexual act in the first, second or third degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first, second, third or fourth degree, or incest in the first, second or third degree, against a person less than eighteen years old, such defendant intentionally causes the death of such person.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Patrick Chludzinskiprimary
  • Matthew Slatercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-13

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES

    failure

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8524not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6017not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4661not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 1933

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5783?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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