Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 13, 2011 |
signed chap.11 |
Apr 01, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
Mar 30, 2011 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.291 substituted for s4222 |
Mar 29, 2011 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Mar 24, 2011 |
advanced to third reading cal.142 |
Mar 22, 2011 |
reported |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to social services |
Assembly Bill A627
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEINSTEIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - 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
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Michael G. Miller
David Weprin
Donna Lupardo
2011-A627 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A627 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Includes aggravated harassment, sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking, criminal mischief, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, and strangulation within the criminal offenses which may constitute domestic violence for the purposes of domestic violence prevention; and includes unrelated persons in an "intimate relationship" within the definition of "family or household members" for purposes of domestic violence prevention.
2011-A627 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 627 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the definitions of "victim of domestic violence" and "family and household members" for the purposes of domestic violence prevention THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 459-a of the social services law, as added by chapter 838 of the laws of 1987, are amended to read as follows: 1. "Victim of domestic violence" means any person over the age of sixteen, any married person or any parent accompanied by his or her minor child or children in situations in which such person or such person's child is a victim of an act which would constitute a violation of the penal law, including, but not limited to acts constituting disor- derly conduct, harassment, AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, FORCIBLE TOUCHING, SEXUAL ABUSE, STALKING, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, menacing, reckless endangerment, kidnapping, assault, attempted assault, [or] attempted murder, CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING OR BLOOD CIRCU- LATION, OR STRANGULATION; and (i) such act or acts have resulted in actual physical or emotional injury or have created a substantial risk of physical or emotional harm to such person or such person's child; and (ii) such act or acts are or are alleged to have been committed by a family or household member. 2. "Family or household members" mean the following individuals: (a) persons related by consanguinity or affinity; (b) persons legally married to one another; (c) persons formerly married to one another regardless of whether they still reside in the same household; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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