Gray, Brown E, Brabenec, Byrnes, Jensen, Angelino, Lemondes, Hawley, Giglio JM, Brown K, Chang,
Buttenschon, Brook-Krasny
 
MLTSPNSR
Giglio JA, Manktelow
 
Amd §265.35, Pen L
 
Relates to the unlawful discharge of a loaded firearm toward any police officer, firefighter, corrections officer, peace officer, or emergency medical services personnel.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4522
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 16, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the unlawful discharge of
a loaded firearm toward any police officer, firefighter, corrections
officer, peace officer, or emergency medical services personnel
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 265.35 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. Any person who willfully discharges a loaded firearm or any other
4 gun, the propelling force of which is gunpowder, while pointed or aimed
5 at a peace officer, police officer, corrections officer, firefighter or
6 emergency medical services professional, with or without malice, is
7 guilty of a class B felony.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
9 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05145-01-3