Assembly Bill A8003

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enhances the penalty for persons who violate orders of protection after having been previously convicted of violating such orders

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A8003 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2647
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §215.52, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3686
2013-2014: S2728, S6135
2015-2016: S4351
2017-2018: S2657
2019-2020: S1131
2021-2022: S1213

2009-A8003 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enhances the penalty for persons who violate orders of protection after having been previously convicted of violating such orders.

2009-A8003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8003

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 1, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to enhancing the penalties
  for violations of orders of protection

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 215.52 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 350
of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
S 215.52 Aggravated criminal contempt.
  A person is guilty of aggravated criminal contempt when:
  1. in violation of a duly served order of protection, or such order of
which the defendant has actual knowledge because he or she  was  present
in court when such order was issued, or an order of protection issued by
a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  in  another state, territorial or
tribal jurisdiction, he or she intentionally or recklessly causes  phys-
ical  injury or serious physical injury to a person for whose protection
such order was issued; or
  2. he or she commits the crime  of  criminal  contempt  in  the  first
degree  as  defined  in subdivision (b) or (d) of section 215.51 of this
article and has been previously convicted of  the  crime  of  aggravated
criminal contempt; or
  3.  he  or  she  commits  the  crime of criminal contempt in the first
degree, as defined in paragraph (i), (ii), (iii), (v) or (vi) of  subdi-
vision (b) or subdivision (c) of section 215.51 of this article, and has
been previously convicted of the crime of criminal contempt in the first
degree, as defined in such subdivision (b), (c) or (d) of section 215.51
of this article, within the preceding five years.
  Aggravated criminal contempt is a class [D] C felony.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04989-01-9

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