Assembly Bill A7494

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the class E felony offense of assault on a teacher

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A7494 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §120.00-a, amd §120.05, Pen L

2017-A7494 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the class E felony offense of assault on a teacher for the intentional causing of physical injury to a teacher while upon school grounds.

2017-A7494 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7494
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CASTORINA  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the offense of assault  on
   a teacher
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new  section  120.00-a
 to read as follows:
 § 120.00-A ASSAULT ON A TEACHER.
   A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF ASSAULT ON A TEACHER WHEN, WITH INTENT TO CAUSE
 PHYSICAL INJURY TO A TEACHER, HE OR  SHE  CAUSES  SUCH  INJURY  TO  SUCH
 TEACHER  WHILE UPON SCHOOL GROUNDS AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF
 SECTION 220.00 OF THIS PART.
   ASSAULT ON A TEACHER IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. Subdivision 10 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as amended  by
 chapter 268 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   10.  Acting at a place the person knows, or reasonably should know, is
 on school grounds and with intent to cause physical injury, he or she[:
   (a) causes such injury to an employee of a  school  or  public  school
 district; or
   (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] PART; or
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10761-04-7

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