A 7003: Expands the statute of limitations for certain sex offenses to include sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a child; provides that in an action brought for human trafficking, it is not necessary to require that a criminal charge be brought or a criminal conviction be obtained as a condition of bringing a civil cause of action or receiving a civil judgment.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7003 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to modifying the statute of limitations for certain sex crimes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (a-2) of subdivision 2 and paragraph (f) 2 of subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure law, para- 3 graph (a) as amended and paragraph (a-2) of subdivision 2 as added by 4 chapter 315 of the laws of 2019 and paragraph (f) of subdivision 3 as 5 amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as 6 follows: 7 (a) A prosecution for a class A felony, or rape in the first degree as 8 defined in section 130.35 of the penal law, or a crime defined or 9 formerly defined in section 130.50 of the penal law, or aggravated sexu- 10 al abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.70 of the penal 11 law, or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree as 12 defined in section 130.75 of the penal law, or incest in the first 13 degree as defined in section 255.27 of the penal law, or sex trafficking 14 as defined in paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision five of section 230.34 15 of the penal law, or sex trafficking of a child as defined in section 16 230.34-a of the penal law may be commenced at any time; 17 (a-2) A prosecution for rape in the third degree as defined in subdi- 18 vision one or three of section 130.25 of the penal law, or criminal 19 sexual act in the third degree as defined in subdivision one or three of 20 section 130.40 of the penal law or sex trafficking as defined in subdi- 21 vision one, two, three, four or paragraph (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) 22 of subdivision five of section 230.34 of the penal law must be commenced 23 within ten years after the commission thereof; 24 (f) For purposes of a prosecution involving a sexual offense as 25 defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law, other than a EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10107-01-5 
 A. 7003 2 1 sexual offense delineated in paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this 2 section, committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, 3 incest in the first, second or third degree as defined in sections 4 255.27, 255.26 and 255.25 of the penal law committed against a child 5 less than eighteen years of age, or use of a child in a sexual perform- 6 ance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal law, or sex trafficking 7 as defined in section 230.34 of the penal law committed against a person 8 less than eighteen years of age the period of limitation shall not begin 9 to run until the child has reached the age of twenty-three or the 10 offense is reported to a law enforcement agency or statewide central 11 register of child abuse and maltreatment, whichever occurs earlier. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to acts 13 occurring on or after such effective date and to acts occurring prior to 14 such effective date where the applicable statute of limitations in 15 effect on the date of such has not yet expired.