Senate Bill S8942

                             
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                                   8942
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2026
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 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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  assaults  against  water
   authority employees
 
   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 and a new subdi-
 vision 11-d is added 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 [or], employee of
 any entity governed by the public service law, OR EMPLOYEE OF  A  PUBLIC
 BENEFIT  CORPORATION  GOVERNED BY ARTICLE FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
 LAW WHICH SUPPLIES WATER TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE 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 subdivi-
 sion thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal  procedure  law,  regis-
 tered  nurse,  licensed  practical  nurse, public health sanitarian, New
 York city public health sanitarian, sanitation  enforcement  agent,  New
 York  city  sanitation  worker, firefighter, paramedic, technician, city
 marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred
 eight-a of the general municipal law, traffic enforcement officer, traf-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD11735-01-5
 S. 8942                             2
 
 fic enforcement agent [or], employee of an entity governed by the public
 service law, [he or she] OR EMPLOYEE OF  A  PUBLIC  BENEFIT  CORPORATION
 GOVERNED  BY  ARTICLE  FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW WHICH SUPPLIES
 WATER  TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE, SUCH PERSON causes physical injury
 to such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in subdivi-
 sion thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal  procedure  law,  regis-
 tered  nurse,  licensed  practical  nurse, public health sanitarian, New
 York city public health sanitarian, sanitation  enforcement  agent,  New
 York  city  sanitation  worker,  firefighter,  paramedic,  technician or
 medical or related personnel in a hospital  emergency  department,  city
 marshal,  school  crossing  guard,  traffic enforcement officer, traffic
 enforcement agent [or], employee of an entity  governed  by  the  public
 service  law,  OR  EMPLOYEE  OF A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION GOVERNED BY
 ARTICLE FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW WHICH SUPPLIES WATER  TO  THE
 RESIDENTS OF THE STATE; or
   11-D.  WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO AN EMPLOYEE OF A PUBLIC
 BENEFIT CORPORATION GOVERNED BY ARTICLE FIVE OF THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES
 LAW  PERFORMING  SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S  LAWFUL  DUTIES SUPPLYING WATER TO THE
 RESIDENTS OF THE STATE, SUCH  PERSON  CAUSES  PHYSICAL  INJURY  TO  SUCH
 EMPLOYEE; OR
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.