Assembly Bill A3372

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to including traffic enforcement agents and city marshals within the category of persons protected while performing their lawful duties

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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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2021-A3372 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§70.02 & 120.08, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5841
2011-2012: A2540
2013-2014: A4343
2015-2016: A1768
2017-2018: A1635
2019-2020: A5243
2023-2024: A3422

2021-A3372 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes traffic enforcement agents or city marshals within the category of persons protected while performing their lawful duties along with peace officers, police officers, firefighters and EMTs; makes technical corrections.

2021-A3372 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3372
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal  law,  in  relation  to  assaults  on  traffic
   enforcement agents and city marshals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1  of  section  70.02  of  the
 penal  law,  as amended by chapter 94 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
 class  B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
 vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined  in  section  125.21,
 aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the  second  degree as defined in section
 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police  officer,  firefighter  [or],
 emergency  medical  services  professional, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR
 CITY MARSHAL as defined in section 120.08, assault on a judge as defined
 in section 120.09, gang assault in  the  second  degree  as  defined  in
 section  120.06, strangulation in the first degree as defined in section
 121.13,  aggravated  strangulation  as  defined  in  section   121.13-a,
 burglary  in  the second degree as defined in section 140.25, robbery in
 the second degree as defined in section 160.10, criminal possession of a
 weapon in the second degree as defined in section 265.03,  criminal  use
 of a firearm in the second degree as defined in section 265.08, criminal
 sale  of  a  firearm  in the second degree as defined in section 265.12,
 criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor as defined in section
 265.14, aggravated criminal possession of a weapon as defined in section
 265.19, soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism  in  the
 first  degree  as  defined  in  section 490.15, hindering prosecution of
 terrorism in the second degree as defined in section 490.30, and  crimi-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00458-01-1
              

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