Senate Bill S374

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to on duty auxiliary police officers

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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-S374 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6997
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§10.00, 70.02, 120.05 & 120.13, add §§120.08-a, 120.19 & 195.09, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3920, A5468
2017-2018: S2409, A5600
2019-2020: S5610, A4304
2023-2024: S1556, A2313

2021-S374 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.

2021-S374 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S374 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    374
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. ADDABBO, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, KAMINSKY, MAY, SAVINO,
   STAVISKY, THOMAS -- 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 on duty auxiliary police
   officers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 10.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. "ON-DUTY AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER" MEANS A MEMBER OF AN  AUXILIARY
 POLICE  PROGRAM  THAT  IS  ORGANIZED  AND MAINTAINED BY A STATE OR LOCAL
 POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO IS ACTING AS AN AUXILIARY POLICE  OFFICER  AT  THE
 TIME OF THE ACT OR OMISSION.
   §  2.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the
 penal law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 94 of the  laws  of  2020
 and  paragraph  (c)  as  amended by chapter 134 of the laws of 2019, are
 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 emer-
 gency medical  services  professional  as  defined  in  section  120.08,
 ASSUALT  ON  AN  ON-DUTY  AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 120.08-A, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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