Senate Bill S1556

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to on duty auxiliary police officers

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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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2023-S1556 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2313
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§10.00, 70.02, 120.05 & 120.13, add §§120.08-a, 120.19 & 195.09, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3920, A5468
2017-2018: S2409, A5600
2019-2020: S5610, A4304
2021-2022: S374, A6997

2023-S1556 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.

2023-S1556 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1556 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1556
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. ADDABBO, CLEARE, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, KRUEG-
   ER, MANNION, MAY,  SEPULVEDA,  STAVISKY,  THOMAS  --  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 on duty  auxiliary  police
   officers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 10.00 of the penal law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  "ON-DUTY AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER" MEANS A MEMBER OF AN AUXILIARY
 POLICE PROGRAM THAT IS ORGANIZED AND MAINTAINED  BY  A  STATE  OR  LOCAL
 POLICE  DEPARTMENT  WHO  IS ACTING AS AN AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER AT THE
 TIME OF THE ACT OR OMISSION.
   § 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02  of  the
 penal  law,  paragraph  (b) as amended by chapter 94 of the laws of 2020
 and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 134 of the  laws  of  2019,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Class  C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the
 class B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision;  aggra-
 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
 vated  manslaughter  in  the second degree as defined in section 125.21,
 aggravated sexual abuse in the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section
 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emer-
 gency  medical  services  professional  as  defined  in  section 120.08,
 ASSAULT ON AN ON-DUTY AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 120.08-A,  assault on a judge as defined in section 120.09, gang assault
 in the second degree as defined in section 120.06, strangulation in  the
 first  degree  as defined in section 121.13, aggravated strangulation as
 defined in section 121.13-a, burglary in the second degree as defined in
 section 140.25, robbery in the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00486-01-3
              

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