Bill Text: NY S01820 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1820

Introduced

Bill Title: Includes assault on a corrections officer as a class C felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S01820 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01820-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1820

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law,  in  relation  to  including  corrections
          officers in certain assault charges

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

     1    Section 1. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  476
     2  of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 120.08 Assault  on  a peace officer, police officer, corrections offi-
     4             cer, firefighter or emergency medical services professional.
     5    A person is guilty of assault on  a  peace  officer,  police  officer,
     6  corrections  officer,  firefighter or emergency medical services profes-
     7  sional when, with intent to prevent a  peace  officer,  police  officer,
     8  corrections  officer, a firefighter, including a firefighter acting as a
     9  paramedic or emergency medical technician administering first aid in the
    10  course of performance of duty  as  such  firefighter,  or  an  emergency
    11  medical  service paramedic or emergency medical service technician, from
    12  performing a lawful duty, he or she causes serious  physical  injury  to
    13  such  peace  officer,  police officer, corrections officer, firefighter,
    14  paramedic or technician.
    15    Assault on a peace officer, police officer, corrections officer, fire-
    16  fighter or emergency medical services professional is a class C felony.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05789-01-3