Assembly Bill A5544

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to assault on a member of an auxiliary police program

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A5544 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8379
2017-2018: A3656, A10901
2019-2020: A6410
2021-2022: A4755

2023-A5544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes injury to an on-duty auxiliary police officer within the elements of assault in the second degree.

2023-A5544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5544
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SMITH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assault on a member of  an
   auxiliary police program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 10 of section 120.05 of the  penal  law,
 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 2016, subdivision
 10 as amended by chapter 268 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as
 follows:
   3.  With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, A MEMBER
 OF AN AUXILIARY POLICE PROGRAM ORGANIZED AND MAINTAINED BY  A  STATE  OR
 LOCAL  POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHILE PERFORMING HIS OR
 HER DUTIES AS SUCH AUXILIARY 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, sanitation enforcement agent,
 New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter, including a  firefighter
 acting  as  a  paramedic  or  emergency medical technician administering
 first aid in the course of performance of duty as such  firefighter,  an
 emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical service techni-
 cian,  or  medical  or related personnel in a hospital emergency depart-
 ment, 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 or employee of any entity
 governed by the public service law in the course of performing an essen-
 tial service, from performing a lawful duty, by means including  releas-
 ing  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, ON-DUTY AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER, prose-
 cutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the crimi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01037-01-3
              

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