Assembly Actions -
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Jun 20, 2018 |
committed to rules |
Jun 04, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
May 31, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
May 30, 2018 |
1st report cal.1420 |
May 09, 2018 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S8512
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
2017-S8512 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10463
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §265.20, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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S4061
2017-S8512 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8512 SPONSOR: GOLDEN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to allowing members of the Nassau County auxiliary police force to possess a police baton when authorized by the police commissioner of such county PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill is necessary because under the Penal Law there is no provision allowing a Nassau County auxiliary police officer to possess a police baton. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision b of section 265.20 of the Penal Law, by adding "or the county of Nassau". Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately.
2017-S8512 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8512 I N S E N A T E May 9, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 allowing members of the Nassau County auxiliary police force to possess a police baton when authorized by the police commissioner of such county THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision b of section 265.20 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 1983 and as relettered by chapter 376 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: b. Section 265.01 shall not apply to possession of that type of billy commonly known as a "police baton" which is twenty-four to twenty-six inches in length and no more than one and one-quarter inches in thick- ness by members of an auxiliary police force of a city with a population in excess of one million persons [or], the county of Suffolk OR THE COUNTY OF NASSAU when duly authorized by regulation or order issued by the police commissioner of such city or such county respectively. Such regulations shall require training in the use of the police baton including but not limited to the defensive use of the baton and instruc- tion in the legal use of deadly physical force pursuant to article thir- ty-five of this chapter. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other provision of law, possession of such baton shall not be authorized when used intentionally to strike another person except in those situations when the use of deadly physical force is authorized by such article thirty-five. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13480-01-7
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