Provides that conviction of assault on a social services worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony.

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A4525A-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to codes
• Feb 16, 2011: print number 4525a
• Feb 16, 2011: amend and recommit to codes
• Feb 4, 2011: referred to codes

A4525A-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   4525--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              February 4, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M. of A. CASTRO, KOLB, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, HOOPER, BENE-
    DETTO, JAFFEE,  LAVINE,  P. RIVERA,  CLARK,  FINCH,  V. LOPEZ,  SPANO,
    McKEVITT,  GUNTHER  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CALHOUN, CROUCH,
    CUSICK, GALEF, GIBSON, GIGLIO, MAGEE,  MARKEY,  MAYERSOHN,  J. MILLER,
    PHEFFER,  THIELE,  TOWNS,  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred 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 making conviction of
    assault of a social services worker a felony

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as added by chapter 632 of
  the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:

  S 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman [or], emer-
             gency   medical  services  professional  OR  SOCIAL  SERVICES
             WORKER.
    A person is guilty of assault on  a  peace  officer,  police  officer,
  fireman [or], emergency medical services professional OR SOCIAL SERVICES
  WORKER  when,  with intent to prevent a peace officer, police officer, a
  fireman, including a fireman acting as a paramedic or emergency  medical
  technician  administering first aid in the course of performance of duty
  as such fireman, [or] an emergency medical service paramedic or emergen-
  cy medical service technician[,] OR SOCIAL SERVICES WORKER from perform-
  ing a lawful duty, he OR SHE causes  serious  physical  injury  to  such
  peace  officer,  police  officer, fireman, paramedic [or], technician OR
  SOCIAL SERVICES WORKER.
    Assault on a peace officer, police officer,  fireman  [or],  emergency
  medical  services  professional  OR  SOCIAL SERVICES WORKER is a class C
  felony.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
  have become a law.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD04585-03-1