A11088 Summary:
| BILL NO | A11088 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S00535 |
| SPONSOR | Brown E |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §120.11, Pen L | |
| Removes the deadly weapon or dangerous instrument requirement from aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer. | |
A11088 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11088 IN ASSEMBLY April 24, 2026 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to removing the deadly weapon or dangerous instrument requirement from aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 120.11 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 283 2 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 120.11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer. 4 A person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a police officer or a 5 peace officer when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to [a] 6 another person whom [he] such person knows or reasonably should know to 7 be a police officer or a peace officer engaged in the course of perform- 8 ing [his] such police officer or peace officer's official duties, [he] 9 such person causes such injury [by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous10instrument]. 11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer is a class 12 B felony. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01760-01-5