Assembly Actions -
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May 01, 2018 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Apr 30, 2018 |
ordered to third reading cal.872 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to codes |
Jun 06, 2017 |
reported and committed to rules |
Apr 07, 2017 |
print number 5399a |
Apr 07, 2017 |
amend and recommit to codes |
Mar 24, 2017 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S5399
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Bill Amendments
2017-S5399 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §240.32, add §240.33, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
-
S3919
2017-S5399 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5399 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate or by a defendant PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this legislation is to provide protection to judges, court officers, and other personnel of judicial facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of this bill amends section 240.32 of the Penal Law to include employees from the Office of Court Administration and the municipality that operates and maintains the judicial facility. This section also defines, "judicial facility" to mean a courtroom, including rooms used to hold inmates while they wait for their case to be called. Section two of this bill amends the Penal Law to add a new section 240.33. Section 240.33 provides aggravated harassment of an employee by a defendant is a Class E felony. This will protect judges and court officers from unseemly acts by a criminal defender. Section two of this bill also defines, "criminal defendant" and "judicial facility". Section three of this bill provides that this act shall take effect on
2017-S5399 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5399 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 24, 2017 ___________ 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 aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate or by a defendant THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 240.32 of the penal law, as amended by section 127-p of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: § 240.32 Aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate. An inmate or respondent is guilty of aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm a person in a facility whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be an employee of such facility [or], the board of parole [or], the office of mental health, [or] a probation department, bureau or unit, THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION OR THE MUNICIPALITY THAT OPER- ATES AND MAINTAINS THE JUDICIAL FACILITY, or a police officer, he or she causes or attempts to cause such employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or the contents of a toilet bowl, by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material. For purposes of this section, "inmate" means an inmate or detainee in a correctional facility, local correctional facility or a hospital, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the correction law. For purposes of this section, "respondent" means a juve- nile in a secure facility operated and maintained by the office of chil- dren and family services who is placed with or committed to the office of children and family services. For purposes of this section, "facili- ty" means a correctional facility or local correctional facility, hospi- tal, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the correction law, [or] a secure facility operated and maintained by EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 44th Senate District
2017-S5399A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §240.32, add §240.33, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
-
S3919
2017-S5399A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5399A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate or by a defendant PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this legislation is to provide protection to judges, court officers, and other personnel of judicial facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of this bill amends section 240.32 of the Penal Law to include employees from the Office of Court Administration and the municipality that operates and maintains the judicial facility. This section also defines, "judicial facility" to mean a courtroom, including rooms used to hold inmates while they wait for their case to be called. Section two of this bill amends the Penal Law to add a new section 240.33. Section 240.33 provides aggravated harassment of an employee by a defendant is a Class E felony. This will protect judges and court officers from unseemly acts by a criminal defender. Section two of this bill also defines, "criminal defendant" and "judicial facility". Section three of this bill provides that this act shall take effect on
2017-S5399A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5399--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 24, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate or by a defendant THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 240.32 of the penal law, as amended by section 127-p of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: § 240.32 Aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate. An inmate or respondent is guilty of aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm a person in a facility whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be an employee of such facility [or], the board of parole [or], the office of mental health, [or] a probation department, bureau or unit, THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION OR THE MUNICIPALITY THAT OPER- ATES AND MAINTAINS THE JUDICIAL FACILITY, or a police officer, he or she causes or attempts to cause such employee to come into contact with SALIVA, blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or the contents of a toilet bowl, by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material. For purposes of this section, "inmate" means an inmate or detainee in a correctional facility, local correctional facility or a hospital, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the correction law. For purposes of this section, "respondent" means a juve- nile in a secure facility operated and maintained by the office of chil- dren and family services who is placed with or committed to the office of children and family services. For purposes of this section, "facili- ty" means a correctional facility or local correctional facility, hospi- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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