Senate Bill S6084

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the causation of serious physical injury to another person while in the course of committing hazing in the first degree

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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-S6084 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1673
2019-2020: S1946
2021-2022: S5522
2023-2024: S2037

2015-S6084 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the causation of serious physical injury to another person while in the course of committing hazing in the first degree.

2015-S6084 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6084 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6084

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            November 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to expanding the  offense  of
  assault  in  the  second  degree  to include the infliction of serious
  physical injury in the course of committing hazing in the first degree

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 10, and subdivisions 11 and 12
of  section  120.05 of the penal law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 10 as
added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2000, subdivision 11 as  amended  by
chapter  196  of the laws of 2014 and subdivision 12 as added by chapter
68 of the laws of 2008, are amended and a new subdivision 13 is added to
read as follows:
  (b) not being a student of such  school  or  public  school  district,
causes physical injury to another, and such other person is a student of
such  school  who  is attending or present for educational purposes. For
purposes of this subdivision the term "school grounds"  shall  have  the
meaning  set  forth  in  subdivision  fourteen of section 220.00 of this
chapter[.]; OR
  11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train  operator,  ticket
inspector,  conductor,  signalperson,  bus  operator  or  station  agent
employed by any transit agency, authority or company, public or private,
whose operation is authorized by New York state or any of its  political
subdivisions, a city marshal, a school crossing guard appointed pursuant
to  section  two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, a traffic
enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in
subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the  criminal  procedure  law,
sanitation  enforcement  agent,  New York city sanitation worker, regis-
tered nurse or licensed practical nurse he or she causes physical injury
to such train operator, ticket inspector, conductor,  signalperson,  bus
operator or station agent, city marshal, school crossing guard appointed

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13031-01-5
              

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