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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Increases the severity of the offense of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree"
+description: "Expands the definition of the offense of sexual conduct against a child in the third degree to include at least one act of specified types of sexual contact."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 7079"
+citation: "New York A 7079 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["BURDICK"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-04-21"
+last_action: "2022-11-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/455c47ed-d5dc-4270-bae5-bbf04d05063c"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7079"
+source_hash: "0634b1eed302e7a2b4c0d5583427fac7cabb5309142f9548729e2cd7fc3d79c1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 7079 (2021-2022) — Increases the severity of the offense of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree
+
+Expands the definition of the offense of sexual conduct against a child in the third degree to include at least one act of specified types of sexual contact.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7079&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A7079A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7079A)
+3. **A7079B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7079B)
+4. **A7079C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7079C)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: C — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- BURDICK — primary (person)
+- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
+- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
+- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
+- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
+- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
+- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
+- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
+- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
+- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
+- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)
+- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
+- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
+- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-21** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-03** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-03** PRINT NUMBER 7079A `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-23** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-23** PRINT NUMBER 7079B `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-05-27** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-27** PRINT NUMBER 7079C `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-01** REPORTED
+- **2022-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.534
+- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.534
+- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9447
+- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1873
+- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-11-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-11-23** SIGNED CHAP.647 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/455c47ed-d5dc-4270-bae5-bbf04d05063c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+