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- Signed chap.267
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.517
- Substituted for A4738A
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 52–8
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.475
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- Print number 2251a
- Amend and recommit to codes
- Referred to codes
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 54–8
- Ordered to third reading cal.1348
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to codes
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Elevates assault of a utility worker to the class D felony of assault in the second degree
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Francisco Moya
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Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to elevating an assault of a utility worker to the class D felony of assault in the second degree
Purpose
The bill elevates assault of a utility worker in the second degree to a class D felony.
Summary of provisions
This bill would amend subdivision 3 of section 120.05 of the penal law elevating an assault in the third degree to a class D felony when a utility worker performing an essential service is injured during the course of performing his/her lawful duty.
Justification
Utility workers are with increasing frequency the victims of assault and aggression. In particular, customer field representatives, who read meters and make repairs, are vulnerable to crime because they work outdoors, at all hours of the night and enter crime-ridden, drug infested buildings. It has been reported that utility workers have been shot, stabbed, and even in some instances killed. It is currently a felony to cause injury to peace officers, police officers, firefighters or emergency medical workers with the intent to prevent them from performing their duties. This bill would reclassify assaults on utility workers from misdemeanors to felonies.
Legislative history
2013-2014: S6382-Referred to Codes 2011: S2965-Referred to Codes 2009-2010: S196-Referred to Codes 2007-2008: S1014-Referred to Codes 2005-2006: S626-Referred to Codes 2003-2004: S2531-Referred to Codes 2001-2002: S896-Referred to Codes 1999-2000: S521-Referred to Codes
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as Chapter 472 of the Laws of 2015.
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