---
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).