Senate Bill S499

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree

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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-S499 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3987
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §140.15, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2190, A6792
2019-2020: A2745

2017-S499 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree.

2017-S499 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S499 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    499
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SQUADRON,  GIANARIS,  SERRANO  --  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 expanding the definition
   of the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "critical
 infrastructure safety act".
   § 2. Section 140.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 315 of the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 § 140.15 Criminal trespass in the second degree.
   1. A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the second degree when:
   [1.] A. he or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in  a  dwell-
 ing; [or]
   [2.] B. being a person required to maintain registration under article
 six-C  of  the  correction law and designated a level two or level three
 offender  pursuant  to  subdivision   six   of   section   one   hundred
 sixty-eight-l  of  the  correction law, he or she enters or remains in a
 public or private  elementary,  parochial,  intermediate,  junior  high,
 vocational  or  high  school  knowing that the victim of the offense for
 which such registration is required attends or  formerly  attended  such
 school.  It  shall  not  be an offense subject to prosecution under this
 subdivision if: the person is a  lawfully  registered  student  at  such
 school; the person is a lawful student participant in a school sponsored
 event;  the  person is a parent or a legal guardian of a lawfully regis-
 tered student at such school and enters the school for  the  purpose  of
 attending their child's or dependent's event or activity; such school is
 the  person's  designated polling place and he or she enters such school
 building for the limited purpose of voting; or if the person enters such

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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