Assembly Bill A1977

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the class B felony of aggravated assault upon a person less than ten years old and expands criminal use of a firearm in the first degree to include commission of certain felonies on school grounds

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A1977 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§70.02 & 265.09, add §120.12-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8361
2015-2016: A5065
2019-2020: A6814

2017-A1977 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the class B felony of aggravated assault upon a person less than ten years old and expands criminal use of a firearm in the first degree to include commission of certain felonies on school grounds.

2017-A1977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1977
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA, GUNTHER, CRESPO, BRINDISI, MAYER,
   GALEF, SKARTADOS, MOSLEY, COLTON, LUPINACCI, WALTER, MONTESANO,  RAIA,
   DiPIETRO,  SALADINO,  M. G. MILLER, STECK, WALKER, THIELE, COOK, GRAF,
   HOOPER, PALMESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GARBARINO,
   MAGEE, McDONALD, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, MOYA, PALUMBO, PERRY, RIVERA  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offenses
   of aggravated assault upon a person less than ten years old and crimi-
   nal use of a firearm in the first degree
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Luisito's law".
   § 2.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section  70.02  of  the  penal
 law,  as  amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) Class B violent felony offenses: an attempt to  commit  the  class
 A-I  felonies  of  murder  in  the  second  degree as defined in section
 125.25, kidnapping in the first degree as defined in section 135.25, and
 arson in the first degree as defined in section 150.20; manslaughter  in
 the  first  degree as defined in section 125.20, aggravated manslaughter
 in the first degree as defined in section  125.22,  rape  in  the  first
 degree  as  defined  in section 130.35, criminal sexual act in the first
 degree as defined in section 130.50,  aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the
 first  degree  as  defined  in  section 130.70, course of sexual conduct
 against a child in the  first  degree  as  defined  in  section  130.75;
 assault  in the first degree as defined in section 120.10, kidnapping in
 the second degree as defined in section 135.20, burglary  in  the  first
 degree  as  defined  in  section  140.30,  arson in the second degree as
 defined in section 150.15, robbery in the first  degree  as  defined  in
 section  160.15, sex trafficking as defined in paragraphs (a) and (b) of

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

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