| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2020 |
print number 679a |
| Apr 24, 2020 |
amend and recommit to codes |
| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to codes |
| Jan 09, 2019 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S679A
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2019-S679 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §240.32, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2017-2018:
S1238
2021-2022: S3612
2023-2024: S1913
2025-2026: S3090
2019-S679 - Summary
Relates to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate; eliminates the requirement that an inmate causes or attempts to cause an employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, saliva, or the contents of a toilet bowl by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material.
2019-S679 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S679
SPONSOR: ORTT
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of
an employee by an inmate
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation removes language as it relates to causing an employee
to come into contact with certain body fluid by an inmate.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 Amends Section 240.32 of the penal law to remove the words
throwing, tossing, or expelling such fluid or material as it relates to
having an employee come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine,
feces, or the contents of a toilet bowl.
Section 2 is the effective date
2019-S679 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
679
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 aggravated harassment of
an employee by an inmate
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 240.32 of the penal law, as amended by section
127-p of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, the
opening paragraph as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 2013, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 240.32 Aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate.
An inmate or respondent is guilty of aggravated harassment of an
employee by an inmate when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or
alarm a person in a facility whom he or she knows or reasonably should
know to be an employee of such facility or the board of parole or the
office of mental health, or a probation department, bureau or unit or a
police officer, he or she causes or attempts to cause such employee to
come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or the
contents of a toilet bowl[, by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid
or material].
For purposes of this section, "inmate" means an inmate or detainee in
a correctional facility, local correctional facility or a hospital, as
such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the
correction law. For purposes of this section, "respondent" means a juve-
nile in a secure facility operated and maintained by the office of chil-
dren and family services who is placed with or committed to the office
of children and family services. For purposes of this section, "facili-
ty" means a correctional facility or local correctional facility, hospi-
tal, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
2019-S679A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §240.32, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2017-2018:
S1238
2021-2022: S3612
2023-2024: S1913
2025-2026: S3090
2019-S679A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate; eliminates the requirement that an inmate causes or attempts to cause an employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, saliva, or the contents of a toilet bowl by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material.
2019-S679A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S679A
SPONSOR: ORTT
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of
an employee by an inmate
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation removes language as it relates to causing an employee
to come into contact with certain body fluid by an inmate.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 Amends Section 240.32 of the penal law to remove the words
throwing, tossing, or expelling such fluid or material as it relates to
having an employee come into contact with saliva, blood, seminal fluid,
urine, feces, or the contents of a toilet bowl.
Section 2 is the effective date
2019-S679A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
679--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to
the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of
an employee by an inmate
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 240.32 of the penal law, as amended by section
127-p of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, the
opening paragraph as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 2013, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 240.32 Aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate.
An inmate or respondent is guilty of aggravated harassment of an
employee by an inmate when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or
alarm a person in a facility whom he or she knows or reasonably should
know to be an employee of such facility or the board of parole or the
office of mental health, or a probation department, bureau or unit or a
police officer, he or she causes or attempts to cause such employee to
come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, SALIVA, or
the contents of a toilet bowl[, by throwing, tossing or expelling such
fluid or material].
For purposes of this section, "inmate" means an inmate or detainee in
a correctional facility, local correctional facility or a hospital, as
such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the
correction law. For purposes of this section, "respondent" means a juve-
nile in a secure facility operated and maintained by the office of chil-
dren and family services who is placed with or committed to the office
of children and family services. For purposes of this section, "facili-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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