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Assembly Bill A7542

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of person for the purposes of homicide

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2017-A7542 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5650
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §125.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1736, S683
2021-2022: A3591, S3637
2023-2024: A2074, S988
2025-2026: A2473, S2576

2017-A7542 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates the definition of person for the purposes of homicide as Mya's law.

2017-A7542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7542
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the definition of person
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 125.05 of the penal law is amended
 to read as follows:
   1. "Person," when referring to the victim of a homicide, means a human
 being who has been born and is alive.  THIS PROVISION SHALL BE KNOWN  AS
 "MYA'S LAW".
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11027-01-7

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