Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 31, 2013 |
signed chap.180 |
Jul 19, 2013 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 21, 2013 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1522 substituted for s5858 |
Jun 21, 2013 |
substituted by a1394a |
Jun 20, 2013 |
ordered to third reading cal.1522 |
Jun 18, 2013 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5858
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A1394 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
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2013-S5858 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S5858 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5858 REVISED 6/24/13 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To amend Penal Law 240.32, in relation to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate, to include acts or actions by an inmate which are not currently covered. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends the first undesignated paragraph of section 240.32 of the Penal Law to include "the contents of a toilet bowl" within the list of fluids or materials that when an inmate causes, or attempts to cause, an employee to come in contact with, qualifies as "aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate." Section 2: Effective date. JUSTIFICATION: In a correctional facility in Sullivan County an inmate emptied the contents of a toilet bowl on a correctional officer. Without direct knowledge regarding the contents of said bowl, the officer was treated for possible exposure to urine, feces, and communicable disease. It was later determined that the contents of the toilet bowl did not contain urine or feces, which are materials currently covered under Penal Law 240.32, and thus no action could be
2013-S5858 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5858 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 18, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 240.32 of the penal law, as amended by section 127-p of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: An inmate or respondent is guilty of aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm a person in a facility whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be an employee of such facility or the board of parole or the office of mental health, or a probation department, bureau or unit or a police officer, he or she causes or attempts to cause such employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine [or], feces, OR THE CONTENTS OF A TOILET BOWL, by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material. 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. LBD02402-06-3
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