| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2014 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S6374
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2013-S6374 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง120.12-a, Pen L
2013-S6374 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6374
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to
establishing the offense of aggravated assault upon a person less than
ten years old
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill seeks to raise the minimum
sentencing when a child under the age of ten is assaulted by means of
a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 explains the bill will be known as "Luisito's Law." Section
2 outlines that this bill would add a new section, 120.12-a to venal
law 120.12 to make the crime of assault upon a person less than ten
years old by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument a
class felony.
JUSTIFICATION: Each year children are the victims of unnecessary
violence when hit with stray bullets or shrapnel from incidents around
the state. These children are innocent victims who face lifetimes of
pain and suffering at the hands of violent criminals. This bill would
ensure that anyone who harms a child, whether on purpose or not is
punished justly.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill
2013-S6374 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6374
I N S E N A T E
January 21, 2014
___________
Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 establishing the offense
of aggravated assault upon a person less than ten years old
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Luisito's
law".
S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.12-a to read
as follows:
S 120.12-A AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A PERSON LESS THAN TEN YEARS OLD.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A PERSON LESS THAN TEN
YEARS OLD WHEN BEING EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD OR MORE THE DEFENDANT COMMITS
THE CRIME OF ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.00 OF
THIS ARTICLE, BY MEANS OF A DEADLY WEAPON OR A DANGEROUS INSTRUMENT,
UPON A PERSON LESS THAN TEN YEARS OLD.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A PERSON LESS THAN TEN YEARS OLD IS A CLASS B
FELONY.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13284-03-3
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