Senate Bill S6291

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that conviction of assault on a social worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony

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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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2017-S6291 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.08, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6687
2011-2012: S3611, S2947
2013-2014: S4016, S4158
2015-2016: S3489
2019-2020: S1772
2021-2022: S4578
2023-2024: S4122

2017-S6291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that conviction of assault on a social worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony.

2017-S6291 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6291
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law,  in  relation  to  making  conviction  of
   assault of a social worker a felony
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as added by chapter 632 of
 the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 § 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, [fireman or]  FIRE-
             FIGHTER,  emergency  medical services professional OR SOCIAL
             WORKER.
   A person is guilty of assault on  a  peace  officer,  police  officer,
 [fireman  or]  FIREFIGHTER,  emergency  medical services professional OR
 SOCIAL WORKER when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, police offi-
 cer, a [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, including a [fireman]  FIREFIGHTER  acting
 as  a  paramedic or emergency medical technician administering first aid
 in the course of performance of duty as such [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, [or]
 an emergency medical service  paramedic  or  emergency  medical  service
 technician[,]  OR SOCIAL WORKER from performing a lawful duty, he OR SHE
 causes serious physical injury to such peace  officer,  police  officer,
 [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, paramedic [or], technician OR SOCIAL WORKER.
   Assault  on a peace officer, police officer, [fireman or] FIREFIGHTER,
 emergency medical services professional OR SOCIAL WORKER is  a  class  C
 felony.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD02420-01-7

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