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Assembly Bill A4425

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to inciting violence against an active duty member of the military or the reserves

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2019-A4425 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240.12, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9724
2017-2018: A4815

2019-A4425 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to inciting violence against an active duty member of the military or the reserves.

2019-A4425 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4425
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to inciting violence  against
   an active duty member of the military or the reserves
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.12  to
 read as follows:
 § 240.12 INCITING VIOLENCE AGAINST AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE MILITARY
            OR THE RESERVES.
   A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF INCITING VIOLENCE AGAINST AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER
 OF THE MILITARY OR THE RESERVES WHEN, WITH THE INTENTION OF INCITING  OR
 PRODUCING  IMMINENT  VIOLENCE  AGAINST  AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE NEW
 YORK GUARD, NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA, THE UNITED STATES  ARMY,  NAVY,  AIR
 FORCE,  MARINES,  COAST  GUARD,  ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
 AND/OR THE RESERVES THEREOF, HE OR SHE ADVOCATES VIOLENCE AGAINST ONE OR
 MORE SUCH PERSONS THAT IS LIKELY TO INCITE OR PRODUCE SUCH VIOLENCE.
   INCITING VIOLENCE AGAINST AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE MILITARY OR THE
 RESERVES IS A CLASS D FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07803-01-9

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