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Mar 03, 2017 | referred to codes |
senate Bill S4915
Sponsored By
Ruben Diaz
(D) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Jesse Hamilton
(D) 0 Senate District
Kevin S. Parker
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
S4915 (ACTIVE) - Details
S4915 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the crime of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures; provides that a person is guilty of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures when he or she disregards any procedures banned by his or her employment and commits the crime of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, and thereby causes serious physical injury or death to another person(view more)
S4915 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4915 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Establishes penalties for the use of a chokehold. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends the penal law, section 121.11. Provides that a person who uses any procedure known as a chokehold shall be guilty of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation. Section 2. Amends the penal law by adding a new section, 121.13-a. Establishes the crime of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures. Provides that a person commits strangulation in the first degree when he or she disregards any procedure banned by his or her employment, commits the crime of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation as defined in section 121.11 and causes serious physical injury or death to another person. Strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned
S4915 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4915 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. DIAZ, HAMILTON, 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 establishing the crime of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 121.11 of the penal law, as added by chapter 405 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: § 121.11 Criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation. A person is guilty of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation when, with intent to impede the normal breathing or circu- lation of the blood of another person, he or she: a. applies pressure on the throat or neck of such person; or b. blocks the nose or mouth of such person; OR C. USES ANY PROCEDURE KNOWN AS A CHOKEHOLD. Criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation is a class A misdemeanor. § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 121.13-a to read as follows: § 121.13-A STRANGULATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE; DISREGARD OF BANNED EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURES. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF STRANGULATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE; DISREGARD OF BANNED EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURES WHEN HE OR SHE DISREGARDS ANY PROCEDURES BANNED BY HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT AND COMMITS THE CRIME OF CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING OR BLOOD CIRCULATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 121.11 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THEREBY CAUSES SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OR DEATH TO ANOTHER PERSON. STRANGULATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE; DISREGARD OF BANNED EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURES IS A CLASS B FELONY. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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