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A09157 Summary:

BILL NO	A09157
SAME AS	SAME AS S01715
SPONSOR	Lawler
COSPNSR	Brabenec
MLTSPNSR
Add §490.21, Pen L
Establishes the crime of making a terroristic threat against a police officer; makes such crime a class C felony.

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A09157 Actions:

BILL NO	A09157
01/31/2022	referred to codes
05/03/2022	held for consideration in codes

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A09157 Committee Votes:

Committee:CODES   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:05/03/2022AYE/NAY:15/6  Action: Held for Consideration         
Dinowitz
Aye
Morinello
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Nay
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Reilly
Nay
O'Donnell
Aye
Mikulin
Nay
Lavine
Aye
Tannousis
Nay
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Walker
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Carroll
Aye

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A09157 Floor Votes:

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A09157 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9157
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 31, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LAWLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
          making a terroristic threat against a police officer
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 490.21 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 490.21 Making a terroristic threat against a police officer.
     4    1. A person is guilty of making a terroristic threat against a  police
     5  officer  when with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population,
     6  influence the policy of a unit of government by  intimidation  or  coer-
     7  cion,  or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassi-
     8  nation or kidnapping, he or she threatens  to  commit  or  cause  to  be
     9  committed a specified offense against a police officer and thereby caus-
    10  es  a  reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent commission of such
    11  offense against a police officer.
    12    2. It shall be no defense to a prosecution pursuant  to  this  section
    13  that  the  defendant did not have the intent or capability of committing
    14  the specified offense or that the threat was not made to  a  person  who
    15  was a subject thereof.
    16    Making  a  terroristic  threat  against  a police officer is a class C
    17  felony.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    19  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.
                                                                   LBD04079-01-1

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