Assembly Bill A2136

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Adds employees of the office of children and family services to the list of public employees for which prevention of duties constitutes assault in the second 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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2017-A2136 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2728
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10539, S7515
2013-2014: A2680, S4006
2015-2016: A2401, S1974
2019-2020: A6391, S4514
2021-2022: A748, S4130
2023-2024: S4222

2017-A2136 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds employees of the office of children and family services to the list of public employees for which prevention of duties constitutes assault in the second degree.

2017-A2136 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2136
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRINDISI, M. G. MILLER, PICHARDO, SKOUFIS --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  COOK,  LAWRENCE,  LUPARDO,  McKEVITT,
   MOSLEY, SKARTADOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including employees of the
   office of children and family services on the list of public employees
   for  which  prevention  of  duties  qualifies as assault in the second
   degree
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law,
 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 2016 and subdivi-
 sion 11 as separately amended by chapters 268 and 281  of  the  laws  of
 2016, are 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, public health
 sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation  enforce-
 ment  agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter, including a
 firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician admin-
 istering first aid in the course of performance of duty  as  such  fire-
 fighter,  an  emergency  medical  service paramedic or emergency medical
 service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospital  emer-
 gency  department,  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 or employee of
 any entity governed by the public service law in the course of  perform-
 ing  an  essential  service,  OR  EMPLOYEE OF A SECURE OR LIMITED SECURE
 RESIDENTIAL FACILITY LICENSED, CERTIFIED OR OPERATED BY  THE  OFFICE  OF
 CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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