New York Senate Bill 7929 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on July 23 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-23 - REFERRED TO RULES
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes the crime of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures; provides that a person is guilty of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures when he or she disregards any procedures banned by his or her employment and commits the crime of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, as defined in section 121.11 of the penal law, and thereby causes serious physical injury or death to another person; makes such offense a class B felony; bans the use of a chokehold.

Establishes the crime of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures; provides that a person is guilty of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures when he or she disregards any procedures banned by his or her employment and commits the crime of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, as defined in section 121.11 of the penal law, and thereby causes serious physical injury or death to another person; makes such offense a class B felony; bans the use of a chokehold.

Sen. Ruben Diaz [D]

Sen. Kevin Parker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-23	Senate	REFERRED TO RULES

A10170 (Same As) 2014-08-20 - referred to codes

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S07929&term=2013&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S07929&term=2013&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S07929