Enacts the domestic violence escalation prevention act including certain offenses against members of the same family or household within the definition of serious offense for the purposes of crimes involving firearms and other dangerous weapons.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3432--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 23, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, BRESLIN, HAMILTON, HOYLMAN, KENNEDY,
MONTGOMERY, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
ed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting the "domestic
violence escalation prevention act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "domestic violence escalation prevention act".
3 § 2. Subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by
4 adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
5 (c) a crime set forth in subdivision one of section 370.15 of the
6 criminal procedure law in which the court makes a specific written
7 determination that the defendant is related or situated to the victim of
8 the crime in the manner specified in 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(33)(A)(ii) as
9 provided in section 370.15 of the criminal procedure law, provided,
10 however that no such written determination shall be required for an
11 offense included in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subdivision.
12 § 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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