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A01736 Summary:

BILL NO	A01736
SAME AS	SAME AS S00683
SPONSOR	Hawley
COSPNSR	Morinello, Salka, Lawrence
MLTSPNSR	Byrnes
Amd §125.05, Pen L
Designates the definition of person for the purposes of homicide as Mya's law.

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A01736 Actions:

BILL NO	A01736
01/16/2019	referred to codes
01/08/2020	referred to codes
07/17/2020	held for consideration in codes

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A01736 Committee Votes:

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:07/17/2020AYE/NAY:15/6  Action: Held for Consideration         
Lentol
Aye
Morinello
Nay
Schimminger
Excused
Giglio
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Cook
Aye
Palumbo
Nay
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Garbarino
Nay
O'Donnell
Aye
Reilly
Nay
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Walker
Aye

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A01736 Floor Votes:

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A01736 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1736
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 16, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the definition of person
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 125.05 of the penal law is amended
     2  to read as follows:
     3    1. "Person," when referring to the victim of a homicide, means a human
     4  being who has been born and is alive.  This provision shall be known  as
     5  "Mya's law".
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02388-01-9

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