Bill Text: NY A04815 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to inciting violence against an active duty member of the military or the reserves.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to codes [A04815 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04815-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4815
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 3, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to inciting violence  against
          an active duty member of the military or the reserves
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.12  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 240.12 Inciting violence against an active duty member of the military
     4             or the reserves.
     5    A  person is guilty of inciting violence against an active duty member
     6  of the military or the reserves when, with the intention of inciting  or
     7  producing  imminent  violence  against  an active duty member of the New
     8  York guard, New York Naval militia, the United States  army,  navy,  air
     9  force,  marines,  coast  guard,  army national guard, air national guard
    10  and/or the reserves thereof, he or she advocates violence against one or
    11  more such persons that is likely to incite or produce such violence.
    12    Inciting violence against an active duty member of the military or the
    13  reserves is a class D felony.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    15  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01743-01-7
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