assembly Bill A10170

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures

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Aug 20, 2014 referred to codes

A10170 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7929
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §121.11, add §121.13-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3361, S346
2017-2018: A1699, S4915
2019-2020: A6144, S6670

A10170 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures; provides that a person is guilty of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures when he or she disregards any procedures banned by his or her employment and commits the crime of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, as defined in section 121.11 of the penal law, and thereby causes serious physical injury or death to another person… (view more) makes such offense a class B felony; bans the use of a chokehold.

A10170 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  10170

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 20, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Mosley) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
  strangulation  in  the  first  degree;  disregard of banned employment
  procedures

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

  Section 1. Section 121.11 of the penal law, as added by chapter 405 of
the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
S 121.11 Criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation.
  A  person  is  guilty  of  criminal  obstruction of breathing or blood
circulation when, with intent to impede the normal breathing  or  circu-
lation of the blood of another person, he or she:
  a. applies pressure on the throat or neck of such person; or
  b. blocks the nose or mouth of such person; OR
  C. USES ANY PROCEDURE KNOWN AS A CHOKEHOLD.
  Criminal  obstruction  of  breathing or blood circulation is a class A
misdemeanor.
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 121.13-a to read
as follows:
S 121.13-A STRANGULATION  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE;  DISREGARD  OF  BANNED
              EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURES.
  A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF STRANGULATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE; DISREGARD OF
BANNED EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURES WHEN HE OR SHE  DISREGARDS  ANY  PROCEDURES
BANNED  BY  HIS  OR  HER  EMPLOYMENT  AND  COMMITS THE CRIME OF CRIMINAL
OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING OR BLOOD CIRCULATION,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
121.11  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, AND THEREBY CAUSES SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OR
DEATH TO ANOTHER PERSON.
  STRANGULATION IN THE FIRST  DEGREE;  DISREGARD  OF  BANNED  EMPLOYMENT
PROCEDURES IS A CLASS B FELONY.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15667-03-4