Assembly Bill A6350

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Elevates the offense of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person from a class A misdemeanor to a class E 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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2009-A6350 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S371
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §260.25, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3232
2013-2014: S1206
2015-2016: S3663

2009-A6350 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Elevates the offense of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony.

2009-A6350 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6350

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GORDON, WEISENBERG, P. RIVERA, MAISEL, BENEDETTO,
  SCHIMMINGER,  GUNTHER,  JAFFEE, EDDINGTON, P. LOPEZ -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of  A.  ABBATE,  BACALLES,  BOYLAND,  CLARK,  COLTON,  CONTE,
  CROUCH,  DelMONTE,  DUPREY, ERRIGO, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, GALEF, HIKIND,
  HYER-SPENCER, JEFFRIES, JOHN, KOON, LANCMAN, MAGEE, MAYERSOHN,  McKEV-
  ITT,  MILLMAN,  MOLINARO,  PHEFFER,  RAIA, REILLY, J. RIVERA, SAYWARD,
  SPANO, SWEENEY, TEDISCO, THIELE, TOWNS, TOWNSEND, WALKER -- read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to designating as a class E
  felony, the offense of endangering the welfare of  an  incompetent  or
  physically disabled person

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

  Section 1. Section 260.25 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  381
of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
S  260.25  Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disa-
             bled person.
  A person is guilty of endangering the welfare  of  an  incompetent  or
physically  disabled  person  when  he OR SHE knowingly acts in a manner
likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or  moral  welfare  of  a
person  who is unable to care for himself or herself because of physical
disability, mental disease or defect.
  Endangering the welfare  of  an  incompetent  or  physically  disabled
person is a class [A misdemeanor] E 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.
                                                           LBD02545-01-9

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