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Assembly Bill A4404

2009-2010 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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2009-A4404 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6687
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง120.08, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4525, A4798, S3611, S2947
2013-2014: A5655, S4016, S4158
2015-2016: S3489
2017-2018: S6291
2019-2020: S1772
2021-2022: S4578
2023-2024: S4122
2025-2026: S7355

2009-A4404 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2009-A4404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4404

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. HYER-SPENCER, KOLB, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, KOON,
  BENEDETTO, JAFFEE, LAVINE, P. RIVERA, CLARK, ERRIGO, GUNTHER,  WALKER,
  FINCH,  V. LOPEZ, SPANO, McKEVITT, ALFANO, BALL, HOOPER -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A. BACALLES, BARRA, CALHOUN, CROUCH, CUSICK,  GALEF,
  GIGLIO,  MAGEE,  MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, MILLER, PHEFFER, QUINN, SEMINERIO,
  STIRPE, THIELE, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once  and  referred  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:
S 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman [or], emer-
           gency medical services professional OR SOCIAL WORKER.
  A  person  is  guilty  of  assault on a peace officer, police officer,
fireman [or], emergency medical services professional OR  SOCIAL  WORKER
when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, police officer, a fireman,
including  a  fireman acting as a paramedic or emergency medical techni-
cian administering first aid in the course of  performance  of  duty  as
such  fireman,  [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, paramedic [or], technician OR SOCIAL WORKER.
  Assault on a peace officer, police officer,  fireman  [or],  emergency
medical services professional OR SOCIAL WORKER is a class 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.
                                                           LBD07469-01-9

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