Assembly Bill A6340

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the domestic violence escalation prevention act

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A6340 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5025
2019-2020: A7984

2015-A6340 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the domestic violence escalation prevention act including certain offenses against members of the same family or household within the definition of serious offense.

2015-A6340 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6340

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, WEPRIN, AUBRY -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M.  of  A.  FAHY,  PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  enacting  the  "domestic
  violence escalation prevention act"

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "domestic violence escalation prevention act".
  S  2.  Subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) AN OFFENSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 370.15 OF THE  CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE
LAW  IN  WHICH THE COURT MAKES A SPECIFIC WRITTEN DETERMINATION THAT THE
DEFENDANT IS RELATED OR SITUATED TO THE  VICTIM  OF  THE  CRIME  IN  THE
MANNER  SPECIFIED  IN 18 U.S.C. 921(A)(33)(A)(II) AS PROVIDED IN SECTION
370.15 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, PROVIDED,  HOWEVER  THAT  NO  SUCH
WRITTEN DETERMINATION SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR AN OFFENSE INCLUDED IN PARA-
GRAPHS (A) OR (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09457-01-5

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