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Senate Bill S3663

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Elevates the offense of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony

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2015-S3663 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง260.25, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S371
2011-2012: S3232
2013-2014: S1206

2015-S3663 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Elevates the offense of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony.

2015-S3663 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3663

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to designating as a  class  E
  felony,  the  offense  of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or
  physically disabled person

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

  Section 1. Section 260.25 of the penal law, as amended by section 4 of
part  G  of  chapter  501  of  the  laws  of 2012, is amended to read as
follows:
S 260.25 Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or  physically  disa-
             bled person [in the first degree].
  A  person  is  guilty  of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or
physically disabled person [in the first degree] when he OR SHE knowing-
ly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the  physical,  mental  or
moral  welfare  of a person who is unable to care for himself or herself
because of physical disability, mental disease or defect.
  Endangering the welfare  of  an  incompetent  or  physically  disabled
person [in the first degree] is a class E felony.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09013-01-5

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