Assembly Bill A6967

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter, emergency medical services professional, sanitation enforcement agent or New York city sanitation worker

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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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2019-A6967 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.08, add §120.08-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A9751

2019-A6967 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter, emergency medical services professional, sanitation enforcement agent or New York city sanitation worker.

2019-A6967 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6967
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 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 assault on a  peace  offi-
   cer,  police  officer, firefighter, emergency medical services profes-
   sional, sanitation enforcement agent or New York city sanitation work-
   er

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as added by chapter 476 of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 § 120.08 Assault  on  a peace officer, police officer, firefighter [or],
            emergency medical services professional, SANITATION  ENFORCE-
            MENT  AGENT  OR  NEW YORK CITY SANITATION WORKER IN THE FIRST
            DEGREE.
   A person is guilty of assault on  a  peace  officer,  police  officer,
 firefighter  [or],  emergency  medical services professional, SANITATION
 ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR NEW YORK CITY SANITATION WORKER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
 when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, police  officer,  a  fire-
 fighter,  including  a firefighter acting as a paramedic [or], emergency
 medical technician administering first aid in the course of  performance
 of duty as such firefighter, [or] an emergency medical service paramedic
 [or], emergency medical service technician, SANITATION ENFORCEMENT AGENT
 OR  NEW YORK CITY SANITATION WORKER from performing a lawful duty, he or
 she causes serious physical injury to such peace officer,  police  offi-
 cer,  firefighter,  paramedic  [or],  technician, SANITATION ENFORCEMENT
 AGENT OR NEW YORK CITY SANITATION WORKER.
   Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter [or], emergen-
 cy medical services professional, SANITATION ENFORCEMENT  AGENT  OR  NEW
 YORK CITY SANITATION WORKER IN THE FIRST DEGREE is a class C felony.
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.08-a to read
 as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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