STATE OF NEW YORK
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6291
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 11, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 making conviction of
assault of a social worker a felony
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as added by chapter 632 of
2 the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, [fireman or] fire-
4 fighter, emergency medical services professional or social
5 worker.
6 A person is guilty of assault on a peace officer, police officer,
7 [fireman or] firefighter, emergency medical services professional or
8 social worker when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, police offi-
9 cer, a [fireman] firefighter, including a [fireman] firefighter acting
10 as a paramedic or emergency medical technician administering first aid
11 in the course of performance of duty as such [fireman] firefighter, [or]
12 an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical service
13 technician[,] or social worker from performing a lawful duty, he or she
14 causes serious physical injury to such peace officer, police officer,
15 [fireman] firefighter, paramedic [or], technician or social worker.
16 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, [fireman or] firefighter,
17 emergency medical services professional or social worker is a class C
18 felony.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
20 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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