Bill Text: NY S04016 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that conviction of assault on a social worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04016 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04016-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4016
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 4, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- 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  making  conviction  of
         assault of a social services worker a felony
         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 added by chapter 632 of
    2  the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
    3  S 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman [or], emer-
    4             gency  medical  services  professional  OR  SOCIAL   SERVICES
    5             WORKER.
    6    A  person  is  guilty  of  assault on a peace officer, police officer,
    7  fireman [or], emergency medical services professional OR SOCIAL SERVICES
    8  WORKER when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, police  officer,  a
    9  fireman,  including a fireman acting as a paramedic or emergency medical
   10  technician administering first aid in the course of performance of  duty
   11  as such fireman, [or] an emergency medical service paramedic or emergen-
   12  cy medical service technician[,] OR SOCIAL SERVICES WORKER from perform-
   13  ing  a  lawful  duty,  he  OR SHE causes serious physical injury to such
   14  peace officer, police officer, fireman, paramedic  [or],  technician  OR
   15  SOCIAL SERVICES WORKER.
   16    Assault  on  a  peace officer, police officer, fireman [or], emergency
   17  medical services professional OR SOCIAL SERVICES WORKER  is  a  class  C
   18  felony.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   20  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.
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