Senate Bill S2881

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that crimes committed against a person on school grounds shall be deemed to be one category higher than the specified crime the person committed

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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-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6582
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §70.12, Pen L; add §318, Hway L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6650
2011-2012: A1578
2013-2014: A6206
2015-2016: A2334
2019-2020: S361, A7389
2021-2022: S214, A5939
2023-2024: S95, A5953

2017-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that crimes committed against a person on school grounds shall be deemed to be one category higher than the specified crime the person committed; enacts "Suzanne's Law".

2017-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2881
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law  and  the  highway  law,  in  relation  to
   violence committed on school grounds
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
 "Suzanne's Law".
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 70.12 to read as
 follows:
 §  70.12 SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST A PERSON
           ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
   1. DEFINITION OF A CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST A PERSON ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
 THE TERM "A CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST A PERSON ON  SCHOOL  GROUNDS"  SHALL
 MEAN ANY CRIME DEFINED IN SECTION 120.05 (ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE),
 120.06  (GANG ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE), 120.07 (GANG ASSAULT IN THE
 FIRST DEGREE), 120.08 (ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER, POLICE OFFICER, FIRE-
 MAN OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL), 120.10 (ASSAULT IN  THE
 FIRST  DEGREE),  120.11  (AGGRAVATED  ASSAULT UPON A POLICE OFFICER OR A
 PEACE OFFICER), 120.12 (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A PERSON LESS THAN ELEV-
 EN YEARS OLD), 120.13 (MENACING IN THE FIRST DEGREE),  130.25  (RAPE  IN
 THE  THIRD  DEGREE), 130.30 (RAPE IN THE SECOND DEGREE), 130.35 (RAPE IN
 THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.40 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT  IN  THE  THIRD  DEGREE),
 130.45  (CRIMINAL  SEXUAL  ACT  IN  THE SECOND DEGREE), 130.50 (CRIMINAL
 SEXUAL ACT IN THE FIRST DEGREE),  130.65  (SEXUAL  ABUSE  IN  THE  FIRST
 DEGREE),  130.66  (AGGRAVATED  SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE), 130.67
 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE), 130.70 (AGGRAVATED SEXU-
 AL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.75 (COURSE OF SEXUAL CONDUCT  AGAINST
 A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.80 (COURSE OF SEXUAL CONDUCT AGAINST A
 CHILD  IN  THE SECOND DEGREE), 130.95 (PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT), 130.96
 (PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD), 135.10  (UNLAWFUL  IMPRISON-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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