Senate Bill S2259

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that conviction of assault on a social services worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony

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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-S2259 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.08, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5345
2013-2014: S2704
2015-2016: S2509
2019-2020: S4086
2021-2022: S3305
2023-2024: S4687

2017-S2259 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that conviction of assault on a social services worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony.

2017-S2259 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2259 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2259
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  making  conviction  of
   assault of a social services worker a felony
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as added by chapter 632 of
 the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 § 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman [or], emer-
            gency  medical  services  professional  OR  SOCIAL   SERVICES
            WORKER.
   A  person  is  guilty  of  assault on a peace officer, police officer,
 fireman [or], emergency medical services professional OR SOCIAL SERVICES
 WORKER when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, police  officer,  a
 fireman,  including a fireman acting as a paramedic or emergency medical
 technician administering first aid in the course of performance of  duty
 as such fireman, [or] an emergency medical service paramedic or emergen-
 cy medical service technician[,] OR SOCIAL SERVICES WORKER from perform-
 ing  a  lawful  duty,  he  OR SHE causes serious physical injury to such
 peace officer, police officer, fireman, paramedic  [or],  technician  OR
 SOCIAL SERVICES WORKER.
   Assault  on  a  peace officer, police officer, fireman [or], emergency
 medical services professional OR SOCIAL SERVICES WORKER  is  a  class  C
 felony.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06889-01-7

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