Senate Bill S361

2019-2020 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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2019-S361 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7389
Current Committee:
Senate 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
2017-2018: S2881, A6582
2021-2022: S214, A5939
2023-2024: S95, A5953

2019-S361 (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".

2019-S361 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S361 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    361
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. TEDISCO, AKSHAR, FUNKE, HELMING, JACOBS, RANZENHOF-
   ER, RITCHIE, ROBACH, SEWARD -- 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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