Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 30, 2019 | signed chap.45 |
Jun 28, 2019 | delivered to governor |
Jun 19, 2019 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.537 substituted for a8375 |
Jun 19, 2019 | substituted by s6573 |
Jun 18, 2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.537 rules report cal.537 reported |
Jun 17, 2019 | reported referred to rules |
Jun 15, 2019 | referred to codes |
assembly Bill A8375
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
O'DONNELL
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6573 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
Carrie Woerner
Catalina Cruz
Robert C. Carroll
A8375 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6573
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§125.25 - 125.27, Pen L
A8375 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8375 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to affirmative defenses to certain homicide offenses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 125.25 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 791 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows: (a) (I) The defendant acted under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse, the reasonableness of which is to be determined from the viewpoint of a person in the defendant's situation under the circumstances as the defendant believed them to be. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall constitute a defense to a prosecution for, or preclude a conviction of, manslaughter in the first degree or any other crime. (II) IT SHALL NOT BE A "REASONABLE EXPLANATION OR EXCUSE" PURSUANT TO SUBPAR- AGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH WHEN THE DEFENDANT'S CONDUCT RESULTED FROM THE DISCOVERY, KNOWLEDGE OR DISCLOSURE OF THE VICTIM'S SEXUAL ORIEN- TATION, SEX, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION OR SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH; or § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 125.26 of the penal law, as added by chapter 765 of the laws of 2005, such subdivision as renumbered by chapter 482 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (a) (I) The defendant acted under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse, the reasonableness of which is to be determined from the viewpoint of a person in the defendant's situation under the circumstances as the defendant believed them to be. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall constitute a defense to a prosecution for, or preclude a conviction of, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.