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Jan 21, 2016 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 17, 2015 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 04, 2015 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 29, 2015 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 28, 2015 |
1st report cal.465 |
Jan 21, 2015 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S2082
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
2015-S2082 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S2082 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2082 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to changing the age of the victim intended for a specific crime of assault PURPOSE: To include eleven, twelve and thirteen year-olds within the protections of the crime of aggravated assault. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends § 120.12 of the Penal Law to raise the age of a victim of aggravated assault from eleven to fourteen. This brings within the protections of the statute eleven, twelve and thirteen year-olds. Assault in the second degree and Assault in the first degree are added as new predicate crimes. In addition, the look-back period for a predicate crime to trigger this aggravated crime is extended to ten years from the current three. Section 2 of the bill is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: In 1990, the Legislature enacted § 120.12 of the Penal Law designed to enhance the penalties for an adult (a person eighteen years of age or older) who assaults a child (a person less than eleven years of age) and thereby causes injury. This legislation expands on that very good
2015-S2082 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2082 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 21, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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 changing the age of the victim intended for a specific crime of assault THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 120.12 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 172 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: S 120.12 Aggravated assault upon a person less than [eleven] FOURTEEN years old. A person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a person less than [eleven] FOURTEEN years old when being eighteen years old or more the defendant commits the crime of assault in the third degree as defined in section 120.00 of this article upon a person less than [eleven] FOURTEEN years old and has been previously convicted of [such crime] EITHER ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.00 OF THIS ARTI- CLE, ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.05 OF THIS ARTICLE, OR ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.10 OF THIS ARTICLE AND SUCH PRIOR CRIME WAS COMMITTED upon a person less than [eleven] FOURTEEN years old within the preceding ten years. Aggravated assault upon a person less than [eleven] FOURTEEN years old is a class E felony. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 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. LBD05211-01-5
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