Loading chat...
NY S05098
Bill
Status
3/8/2017
Primary Sponsor
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Adds members of auxiliary police programs organized and maintained by state or local police departments to felony assault statutes, treating attacks on auxiliary police officers the same as attacks on regular police officers and firefighters.
-
Expands aggravated criminally negligent homicide (section 125.11) and aggravated manslaughter charges (sections 125.21 and 125.22) to include deaths of auxiliary police program members performing official duties.
-
Includes auxiliary police program members in the definition of murder classifications under sections 125.26 and 125.27 when they are killed while performing official duties.
-
Changes the term "fireman" to "firefighter" throughout the penal law for gender-neutral language.
-
Takes effect November 1 following the date the bill becomes law; named the "Auxiliary Police Officers Yevgeniy Marshalik and Nicholas Pekearo Memorial Act."
Legislative Description
Relates to categorizing members of an auxiliary police program organized and maintained by a state or local police department with police officers and peace officers for purposes of certain felony classifications.
Last Action
COMMITTED TO RULES
6/20/2018