New York Assembly Bill 6038 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on February 24 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to codes
Pending: Assembly Codes Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

To discourage domestic violence and protect the safety of children by creating the crime of endangering the welfare of a child if a person commits a violent act in the presence of a child. When a person commits an act of domestic violence in the presence of a child, both the victim of the assault and the child are harmed. In order to reduce domestic violence, it is important that the person committing the violent act not only be punished for the assault, but also be punished for the separate and distinct offense of endangering the welfare of a child if the violent act occurs in the presence of a child. Currently, there is no law which addresses this important child safety issue.

An act to amend the penal law, in relation to endangering the welfare of a child by committing a physical assault in such child's presence

Asm. William Boyland [D]	Asm. Barbara Clark [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]	Asm. Ginny Fields [D]
Asm. Sandra Galef [D]	Asm. Aileen Gunther [D]	Asm. Earlene Hooper [D]	Asm. Susan John [D]
Asm. David Koon [D]	Asm. Charles Lavine [D]	Asm. Nettie Mayersohn [D]	Asm. Audrey Pheffer [D]
Asm. Annette Robinson [D]	Asm. Robin Schimminger [D]	Asm. Darryl Towns [D]	Asm. Harvey Weisenberg [D]
Asm. Keith Wright [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-06		referred to codes
2009-02-24		referred to codes

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A06038&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A06038&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A06038