Senate Bill S1876

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of aggravated resisting arrest

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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-S1876 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §205.35, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S4260

2017-S1876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of aggravated resisting arrest; makes it a class E felony.

2017-S1876 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1876
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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 establishing the crime  of
   aggravated resisting arrest
 
   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 205.35  to
 read as follows:
 § 205.35 AGGRAVATED RESISTING ARREST.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  AGGRAVATED  RESISTING ARREST WHEN HE OR SHE
 COMMITS THE CRIME OF RESISTING ARREST PURSUANT TO SECTION 205.30 AND HAS
 PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF SUCH CRIME TWO PRIOR  TIMES  WITHIN  A  TEN
 YEAR PERIOD.
   AGGRAVATED RESISTING ARREST IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. 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.
                                                            LBD01008-01-7

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