A03604 Summary:

BILL NOA03604
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORManktelow
 
COSPNSRReilly, Goodell, DeStefano, Brabenec, Blankenbush, Giglio JM, Byrnes, Friend, Morinello, DiPietro, Mikulin, McDonough, Hawley, Walsh, Palmesano, Miller, Barclay, Cook, Durso, Tannousis, Smullen, Angelino
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §§120.05-a & 120.10-a, amd §70.02, Pen L
 
Establishes the crimes of assault on a pregnant woman in the second degree as a class D felony and assault on a pregnant woman in the first degree as a class C felony.
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A03604 Actions:

BILL NOA03604
 
02/03/2023referred to codes
01/03/2024referred to codes
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A03604 Committee Votes:

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A03604 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A03604 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3604
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 3, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. MANKTELOW, REILLY, GOODELL, DeSTEFANO, BRABENEC,
          BLANKENBUSH, J. M. GIGLIO, BYRNES, FRIEND, MORINELLO, DiPIETRO,  MIKU-
          LIN,  McDONOUGH,  HAWLEY,  WALSH,  PALMESANO,  MILLER,  BARCLAY, COOK,
          DURSO, TANNOUSIS, SMULLEN, ANGELINO -- read once and referred  to  the
          Committee on Codes

        AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
          assault on a pregnant woman
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Liv Act".
     2    § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.05-a to read
     3  as follows:
     4  § 120.05-a Assault on a pregnant woman in the second degree.
     5    A person is guilty of assault on a pregnant woman in the second degree
     6  when he or she intentionally causes injury to a woman he or she knows or
     7  has reason to know is pregnant or causes injury to her unborn child.
     8    1.  For  the purposes of this section, "injury" includes bodily injury
     9  to her unborn child.
    10    2. This section shall not apply to acts committed by:
    11    a. a pregnant woman or any person providing treatment relating  to  an
    12  abortion  for  which  the  consent  of  the  pregnant woman, or a person
    13  authorized by law to act on behalf  of  the  pregnant  woman,  has  been
    14  obtained or for which such consent is implied by law; or
    15    b. any person providing any medical treatment of a pregnant woman.
    16    3. This section shall be construed and applied consistent with article
    17  twenty-five of the public health law and applicable laws and regulations
    18  governing health procedures.
    19    Assault on a pregnant woman in the second degree is a class D felony.
    20    § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.10-a to read
    21  as follows:
    22  § 120.10-a Assault on a pregnant woman in the first degree.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04166-01-3

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     1    A  person is guilty of assault on a pregnant woman in the first degree
     2  when he or she intentionally causes serious injury to a woman he or  she
     3  knows  or  has  reason  to  know  is pregnant or causes the death of her
     4  unborn child.
     5    1. This section shall not apply to acts committed by:
     6    a.  a  pregnant woman or any person providing treatment relating to an
     7  abortion for which the consent  of  the  pregnant  woman,  or  a  person
     8  authorized  by  law  to  act  on  behalf of the pregnant woman, has been
     9  obtained or for which such consent is implied by law; or
    10    b. any person providing any medical treatment of a pregnant woman.
    11    2. This section shall be construed and applied consistent with article
    12  twenty-five of the public health law and applicable laws and regulations
    13  governing health procedures.
    14    Assault on a pregnant woman in the first degree is a class C felony.
    15    § 4. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02  of  the
    16  penal  law,  paragraph  (b) as amended by chapter 94 of the laws of 2020
    17  and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 134 of the  laws  of  2019,  are
    18  amended to read as follows:
    19    (b)  Class  C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the
    20  class B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision;  aggra-
    21  vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
    22  vated  manslaughter  in  the second degree as defined in section 125.21,
    23  aggravated sexual abuse in the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section
    24  130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emer-
    25  gency  medical  services  professional  as  defined  in  section 120.08,
    26  assault on a judge as defined in section 120.09,  assault on a  pregnant
    27  woman  in  the first degree as defined in section 120.10-a, gang assault
    28  in the second degree as defined in section 120.06, strangulation in  the
    29  first  degree  as defined in section 121.13, aggravated strangulation as
    30  defined in section 121.13-a, burglary in the second degree as defined in
    31  section 140.25, robbery in the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section
    32  160.10,  criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree as defined
    33  in section 265.03, criminal use of a firearm in  the  second  degree  as
    34  defined  in  section  265.08,  criminal  sale of a firearm in the second
    35  degree as defined in section 265.12, criminal sale of a firearm with the
    36  aid of a  minor  as  defined  in  section  265.14,  aggravated  criminal
    37  possession  of  a  weapon  as  defined  in section 265.19, soliciting or
    38  providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree as defined
    39  in section 490.15, hindering prosecution  of  terrorism  in  the  second
    40  degree as defined in section 490.30, and criminal possession of a chemi-
    41  cal  weapon  or  biological  weapon  in  the  third degree as defined in
    42  section 490.37 of this chapter.
    43    (c) Class D violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
    44  class C felonies set forth in paragraph (b); reckless assault of a child
    45  as defined in section 120.02, assault in the second degree as defined in
    46  section  120.05,    assault  on a pregnant woman in the second degree as
    47  defined in section 120.05-a, menacing a police officer or peace  officer
    48  as defined in section 120.18, stalking in the first degree[,] as defined
    49  in subdivision one of section 120.60, strangulation in the second degree
    50  as  defined  in  section 121.12, rape in the second degree as defined in
    51  section 130.30, criminal sexual act in the second degree as  defined  in
    52  section  130.45,  sexual abuse in the first degree as defined in section
    53  130.65, course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree as
    54  defined in section 130.80, aggravated sexual abuse in the  third  degree
    55  as  defined  in  section  130.66,  facilitating  a  sex  offense  with a
    56  controlled substance as defined in section 130.90, labor trafficking  as

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     1  defined  in  paragraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of  subdivision three of section
     2  135.35, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree  as  defined
     3  in  subdivision  five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten of section 265.02,
     4  criminal  sale  of  a  firearm in the third degree as defined in section
     5  265.11, intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree as defined
     6  in section 215.16, soliciting or providing support for an act of terror-
     7  ism in the second degree as defined in section 490.10,  [and]  making  a
     8  terroristic  threat  as  defined in section 490.20, falsely reporting an
     9  incident in the first degree as defined in  section  240.60,  placing  a
    10  false  bomb  or  hazardous  substance  in the first degree as defined in
    11  section 240.62, placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in a  sports
    12  stadium or arena, mass transportation facility or enclosed shopping mall
    13  as defined in section 240.63, aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyro-
    14  technics  in the first degree as defined in section 405.18, and criminal
    15  manufacture, sale, or transport of an  undetectable  firearm,  rifle  or
    16  shotgun as defined in section 265.50 of this chapter.
    17    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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