Bill Text: NY S03232 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Elevates the offense of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CODES [S03232 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S03232-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3232 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 14, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 designating as a class E felony, the offense of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 260.25 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 381 2 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: 3 S 260.25 Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disa- 4 bled person. 5 A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or 6 physically disabled person when he OR SHE knowingly acts in a manner 7 likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a 8 person who is unable to care for himself or herself because of physical 9 disability, mental disease or defect. 10 Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled 11 person is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY. 12 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 13 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07463-01-1