Bill Text: NY A06575 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the classification of certain crimes relating to assaults on police officers; increases such classifications by one level.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-03 - held for consideration in codes [A06575 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06575-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6575

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 19, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MONTESANO  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  the  classification  of
          certain crimes relating to assaults on police officers

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 120.05 of the penal law is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    Assault in the second degree is a class D felony;  provided,  however,
     4  assault  in  the  second  degree as defined in subdivision three of this
     5  section is a class C felony.
     6    § 2. The closing paragraph of section 120.08  of  the  penal  law,  as
     7  amended  by  chapter  476  of  the  laws  of 2018, is amended to read as
     8  follows:
     9    Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter  or  emergency
    10  medical services professional is a class [C] B felony.
    11    §  3.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 120.11 of the penal law, as
    12  amended by chapter 283 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
    13  follows:
    14    Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer is a class
    15  [B] A felony.
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00848-01-1