Senate Bill S5362

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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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-S5362 (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
2019-2020: S3924
2023-2024: S1165

2021-S5362 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-S5362 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5362 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5362
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- 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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