Senate Bill S4160A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to assault on prosecutors

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

Bill Amendments

2013-S4160 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5210
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S7809, A10703

2013-S4160 - Summary

Relates to assault with intent to prevent a prosecutor or while the prosecutor is in performance of assigned duties is deemed assault in the 2nd degree.

2013-S4160 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4160 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4160

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 assault on district attor-
  neys and assistant district attorneys

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  120.05  of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 377 of the laws  of  2012,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, DISTRICT
ATTORNEY,  ASSISTANT  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  ASSISTANT  ATTORNEY  GENERAL,
registered  nurse,  licensed  practical  nurse,  sanitation  enforcement
agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter, including a fire-
fighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical  technician  adminis-
tering first aid in the course of performance of duty as such firefight-
er,  an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical service
technician, or medical or related  personnel  in  a  hospital  emergency
department,  a  city  marshal,  a traffic enforcement officer or traffic
enforcement agent, from performing a lawful  duty,  by  means  including
releasing  or  failing to control an animal under circumstances evincing
the actor's intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activity of  such
peace  officer,  police  officer,  DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, registered nurse, licensed practi-
cal nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city sanitation  work-
er,  firefighter,  paramedic, technician, city marshal, traffic enforce-
ment officer or traffic enforcement agent, he  or  she  causes  physical
injury to such peace officer, police officer, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ASSIST-
ANT  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  ASSISTANT  ATTORNEY GENERAL, registered nurse,
licensed practical nurse, sanitation enforcement agent,  New  York  city
sanitation  worker,  firefighter,  paramedic,  technician  or medical or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04385-01-3

              

2013-S4160A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5210
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S7809, A10703

2013-S4160A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to assault with intent to prevent a prosecutor or while the prosecutor is in performance of assigned duties is deemed assault in the 2nd degree.

2013-S4160A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4160A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4160--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assault on a prosecutor

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of  section  120.05  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  377  of  the  laws  of 2012, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer,  PROSECU-
TOR AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-ONE OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE  LAW,  registered  nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation
enforcement agent, New  York  city  sanitation  worker,  a  firefighter,
including a firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical tech-
nician  administering  first aid in the course of performance of duty as
such firefighter, an emergency medical service  paramedic  or  emergency
medical  service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospi-
tal emergency department, a city marshal, a traffic enforcement  officer
or  traffic  enforcement  agent, from performing a lawful duty, by means
including releasing or failing to control an animal under  circumstances
evincing the actor's intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activity
of such peace officer, police officer, PROSECUTOR AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION  THIRTY-ONE  OF  SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, regis-
tered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, New
York city sanitation worker, firefighter,  paramedic,  technician,  city
marshal, traffic enforcement officer or traffic enforcement agent, he or
she causes physical injury to such peace officer, police officer, PROSE-
CUTOR AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-ONE OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMI-
NAL  PROCEDURE  LAW, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanita-
tion enforcement agent, New York city  sanitation  worker,  firefighter,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04385-03-3
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.