Senate Bill S3924

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Elevates assault of a code enforcement official to the class D felony of assault in the second degree

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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-S3924 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6382
2015-2016: S2251
2017-2018: S8424
2021-2022: S5362
2023-2024: S1165

2019-S3924 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Elevates assault of a code enforcement official in the second degree to a class D felony.

2019-S3924 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3924
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SEWARD, TEDISCO -- 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 elevating an assault of  a
   code  enforcement  official  to  the  class D felony of assault in the
   second degree

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  120.05  of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 267 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, prosecu-
 tor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal
 procedure law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health
 sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation  enforce-
 ment  agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter, including a
 firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician admin-
 istering first aid in the course of performance of duty  as  such  fire-
 fighter,  an  emergency  medical  service paramedic or emergency medical
 service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospital  emer-
 gency  department,  a  city  marshal,  a school crossing guard appointed
 pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law,  a
 traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent, CODE ENFORCEMENT
 OFFICIAL,  or  employee of any entity governed by the public service law
 in the course of performing an  essential  service,  from  performing  a
 lawful  duty,  by  means  including  releasing  or failing to control an
 animal under circumstances evincing the actor's intent that  the  animal
 obstruct  the  lawful  activity  of  such peace officer, police officer,
 prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20  of  the
 criminal  procedure  law,  registered  nurse,  licensed practical nurse,
 public health sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian,  sani-
 tation  enforcement agent, New York city sanitation worker, firefighter,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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