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Assembly Bill A5025

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the domestic violence escalation prevention act

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2017-A5025 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6340
2019-2020: A7984

2017-A5025 (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.

2017-A5025 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5025
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. O'DONNELL, WEPRIN, AUBRY, OTIS, WALKER, SKOUFIS,
   BRONSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FAHY, PERRY,  RICHARDSON  --
   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".
   § 2. Subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal law is  amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  AN  OFFENSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 370.15 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 LAW IN WHICH THE COURT MAKES A SPECIFIC WRITTEN DETERMINATION  THAT  THE
 DEFENDANT  IS  RELATED  OR  SITUATED  TO  THE VICTIM OF THE CRIME IN THE
 MANNER SPECIFIED IN 18 U.S.C. 921(A)(33)(A)(II) AS PROVIDED  IN  SECTION
 370.15  OF  THE  CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE LAW, PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT NO SUCH
 WRITTEN DETERMINATION SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR AN OFFENSE INCLUDED IN PARA-
 GRAPHS (A) OR (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09464-01-7

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