S04687 Summary:

BILL NOS04687
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPARKER
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §120.08, Pen L
 
Provides that conviction of assault on a social services worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony.
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S04687 Actions:

BILL NOS04687
 
02/13/2023REFERRED TO CODES
01/03/2024REFERRED TO CODES
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S04687 Committee Votes:

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S04687 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S04687 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4687
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 13, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 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, firefighter [or],
     4             emergency medical services professional  or  social  services
     5             worker.
     6    A  person  is  guilty  of  assault on a peace officer, police officer,
     7  firefighter [or], emergency  medical  services  professional  or  social
     8  services  worker  when,  with  intent to prevent a peace officer, police
     9  officer, a firefighter, including a firefighter acting as a paramedic or
    10  emergency medical technician administering first aid in  the  course  of
    11  performance  of  duty  as  such  firefighter,  [or] an emergency medical
    12  service paramedic or emergency medical service technician[,]  or  social
    13  services  worker from performing a lawful duty, he or she causes serious
    14  physical injury to such  peace  officer,  police  officer,  firefighter,
    15  paramedic [or], technician or social services worker.
    16    Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter [or], emergen-
    17  cy  medical services professional or social services worker is a class C
    18  felony.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    20  have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06017-01-3
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