STATE OF NEW YORK
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2755
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 17, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 prohibiting physical
contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 120.16 of the
2 penal law, as amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 1988, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 A person is guilty of hazing in the first degree when, in the course
5 of another person's initiation into or affiliation with any organiza-
6 tion, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct, including, but
7 not limited to, making physical contact with or requiring physical
8 activity of such other person, which creates a substantial risk of phys-
9 ical injury to such other person or a third person and thereby causes
10 such injury.
11 § 2. The first undesignated paragraph of section 120.17 of the penal
12 law, as added by chapter 86 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as
13 follows:
14 A person is guilty of hazing in the second degree when, in the course
15 of another person's initiation or affiliation with any organization, he
16 intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct, including, but not
17 limited to, making physical contact with or requiring physical activity
18 of such other person, which creates a substantial risk of physical inju-
19 ry to such other person or a third person.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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