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NY S08261
Bill
Status
5/1/2020
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Jacobs
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AI Summary
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Creates new crime of intentional exposure to communicable disease under Penal Law § 120.19, applicable when a person knowingly carries a communicable disease as defined in Public Health Law § 2 and deliberately exposes another individual in a manner likely to cause transmission.
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Classifies intentional exposure to communicable disease as a class E felony.
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Adds intentional exposure to communicable disease as a qualifying offense for pre-trial detention purposes under Criminal Procedure Law § 510.10(j), § 530.20(x), and § 530.40(j).
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Takes effect thirty days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Establishes the crime of intentional exposure to communicable disease making it an E felony to knowingly and deliberately expose another individual to a communicable disease in a manner likely to cause transmission and making such crime a qualifying offense for the purposes of pre-trial detention.
Last Action
RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
8/11/2020