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Assembly Bill A11088

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Removes the deadly weapon or dangerous instrument requirement from aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer

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2025-A11088 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S535
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.11, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8856

2025-A11088 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the deadly weapon or dangerous instrument requirement from aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer.

2025-A11088 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11088
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to removing the deadly weapon
   or  dangerous  instrument  requirement  from aggravated assault upon a
   police officer or peace officer
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 120.11 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 283
 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
 § 120.11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer.
   A person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a police  officer  or  a
 peace  officer when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to [a]
 ANOTHER person whom [he] SUCH PERSON knows or reasonably should know  to
 be a police officer or a peace officer engaged in the course of perform-
 ing  [his]  SUCH POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER'S official duties, [he]
 SUCH PERSON causes such injury [by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous
 instrument].
   Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer is a class
 B felony.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01760-01-5

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