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NY S05098

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/8/2017

Primary Sponsor

Brad Hoylman-Sigal

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 General Assembly

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

Committee Referrals

Rules6/20/2018
Codes1/3/2018
Rules6/21/2017
Codes3/8/2017

Full Bill Text

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