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May 01, 2018 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 22, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 21, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 20, 2018 |
1st report cal.704 |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 15, 2017 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 14, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.1692 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 06, 2017 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S1238
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 60th Senate District
2017-S1238 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S1238 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate; eliminates the requirement that an inmate causes or attempts to cause an employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or the contents of a toilet bowl by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material.
2017-S1238 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1238 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: : This legislation removes language as it relates to causing an employee to come into contact with certain body fluid by an inmate. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: : Section 1 Amends Section 240.32 of the penal law to remove the words throwing, tossing, or expelling such fluid or material as it relates to having an employee come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or the contents of a toilet bowl. Section 2 is the effective date JUSTIFICATION: : Every day our corrections officers and other employees of correctional institutions are exposed to dangerous situations. Often these situations are exacerbated by inmates intentionally using whatever material they have at and to negatively impact these employees. Beyond that, the current law contains loopholes that often do not allow the
2017-S1238 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1238 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ORTT, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 240.32 of the penal law, as amended by section 127-p of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: § 240.32 Aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate. An inmate or respondent is guilty of aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm a person in a facility whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be an employee of such facility or the board of parole or the office of mental health, or a probation department, bureau or unit or a police officer, he or she causes or attempts to cause such employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or the contents of a toilet bowl[, by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material]. For purposes of this section, "inmate" means an inmate or detainee in a correctional facility, local correctional facility or a hospital, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the correction law. For purposes of this section, "respondent" means a juve- nile in a secure facility operated and maintained by the office of chil- dren and family services who is placed with or committed to the office of children and family services. For purposes of this section, "facili- ty" means a correctional facility or local correctional facility, hospi- tal, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the correction law, or a secure facility operated and maintained by the office of children and family services. Aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate is a class E felony. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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