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Assembly Bill A2627
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HAWLEY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Brian Kolb
David McDonough
Joseph Giglio
Gary Finch
multi-Sponsors
William A. Barclay
Clifford Crouch
Brian F. Curran
Janet Duprey
2015-A2627 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A2627 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the crimes of assault on a child in the first degree and second degree and the crime of aggravated assault on a child; makes assaulting a child in the first degree a class B felony, assaulting a child in the second degree a class C felony and aggravated assault on a child an A-II felony.
2015-A2627 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2627 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, KOLB, McDONOUGH, GIGLIO, FINCH, PALMESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, CROUCH, CURRAN, DUPREY, McKEVITT, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of assaulting a child in the first and second degree and the crime of aggravated assault on a child; and to repeal subdivisions 8 and 9 of section 120.05 of such law relating to assault in the second degree THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding three new sections 120.26, 120.27 and 120.28 to read as follows: S 120.26 ASSAULTING A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ASSAULTING A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN, HE OR SHE BEING EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD OR OLDER AND WITH INTENT TO CAUSE SERI- OUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO A PERSON LESS THAN ELEVEN YEARS OLD, CAUSES SUCH INJURY TO SUCH PERSON. ASSAULTING A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS B FELONY. S 120.27 ASSAULTING A CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ASSAULTING A CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN: 1. BEING EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD OR OLDER AND WITH THE INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO A PERSON LESS THAN ELEVEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE RECK- LESSLY CAUSES SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH PERSON; OR 2. BEING EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD OR OLDER AND WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO A PERSON LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE CAUSES SUCH INJURY TO SUCH PERSON. ASSAULTING A CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS C FELONY. S 120.28 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A CHILD. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A CHILD WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF ASSAULTING A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE OR ASSAULTING A CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE AND HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF EITHER SUCH OFFENSE WITHIN THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02081-01-5
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