Assembly Bill A2334

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that crimes committed against a person on school grounds shall be deemed to be one category higher than the specified crime the person committed

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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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2015-A2334 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §70.12, Pen L; add §318, Hway L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6650
2011-2012: A1578
2013-2014: A6206
2017-2018: A6582
2019-2020: A7389
2021-2022: A5939
2023-2024: A5953

2015-A2334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that crimes committed against a person on school grounds shall be deemed to be one category higher than the specified crime the person committed; enacts "Suzanne's Law".

2015-A2334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2334

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TEDISCO, BUTLER, CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. FITZPATRICK, HAWLEY, KOLB, OAKS, RAIA, TENNEY  --  read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law  and the highway law, in relation to
  violence committed on school grounds

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

  Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
"Suzanne's Law".
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 70.12 to read as
follows:
S 70.12 SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST A  PERSON
          ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
  1. DEFINITION OF A CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST A PERSON ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
THE  TERM  "A  CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST A PERSON ON SCHOOL GROUNDS" SHALL
MEAN ANY CRIME DEFINED IN SECTION 120.05 (ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE),
120.06 (GANG ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE), 120.07 (GANG ASSAULT IN  THE
FIRST DEGREE), 120.08 (ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER, POLICE OFFICER, FIRE-
MAN  OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL), 120.10 (ASSAULT IN THE
FIRST DEGREE), 120.11 (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A  POLICE  OFFICER  OR  A
PEACE OFFICER), 120.12 (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A PERSON LESS THAN ELEV-
EN  YEARS  OLD),  120.13 (MENACING IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.25 (RAPE IN
THE THIRD DEGREE), 130.30 (RAPE IN THE SECOND DEGREE), 130.35  (RAPE  IN
THE  FIRST  DEGREE),  130.40  (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE THIRD DEGREE),
130.45 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE),  130.50  (CRIMINAL
SEXUAL  ACT  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE),  130.65 (SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST
DEGREE), 130.66 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE  THIRD  DEGREE),  130.67
(AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE), 130.70 (AGGRAVATED SEXU-
AL  ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.75 (COURSE OF SEXUAL CONDUCT AGAINST
A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.80 (COURSE OF SEXUAL CONDUCT AGAINST A
CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE), 130.95 (PREDATORY SEXUAL  ASSAULT),  130.96

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02612-01-5
              

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