Bill Text: NY A05200 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-13 - signed chap.188 [A05200 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A05200-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5200 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, CRESPO, MONTESANO, RYAN, COLTON, ARROYO, M. G. MILLER, STECK, McDONOUGH, GALEF, HOOPER, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GIGLIO, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 120.16 of the 2 penal law, as amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 1988, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 A person is guilty of hazing in the first degree when, in the course 5 of another person's initiation into or affiliation with any organiza- 6 tion, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct, including, but 7 not limited to, making physical contact with or requiring physical 8 activity of such other person, which creates a substantial risk of phys- 9 ical injury to such other person or a third person and thereby causes 10 such injury. 11 § 2. The first undesignated paragraph of section 120.17 of the penal 12 law, as added by chapter 86 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 A person is guilty of hazing in the second degree when, in the course 15 of another person's initiation or affiliation with any organization, he 16 intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct, including, but not 17 limited to, making physical contact with or requiring physical activity 18 of such other person, which creates a substantial risk of physical inju- 19 ry to such other person or a third person. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08082-01-7