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Assembly Bill A6508

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the domestic violence escalation prevention act

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2015-A6508 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1493
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7575
2011-2012: A4488
2013-2014: A6390, S5432
2017-2018: S3432

2015-A6508 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the domestic violence escalation prevention act including certain offenses against members of the same family or household within the definition of serious offense.

2015-A6508 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6508

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to enacting the "domestic
  violence escalation prevention act"

  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
the "domestic violence escalation prevention act".
  S 2. Subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal law is  amended  by
adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C)  A  CRIME  SET  FORTH  IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11 OF THE
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, WHERE THE VICTIM AND THE DEFENDANT WERE "MEMBERS
OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD" AS DEFINED IN THAT SECTION.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06546-01-5

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