Assembly Bill A1699

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures

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  • 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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2017-A1699 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §121.11, add §121.13-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A10170
2015-2016: A3361
2019-2020: A6144

2017-A1699 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures; provides that a person is guilty of strangulation in the first degree; disregard of banned employment procedures when he or she disregards any procedures banned by his or her employment and commits the crime of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, and thereby causes serious physical injury or death to another person

2017-A1699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1699
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
   strangulation in the first  degree;  disregard  of  banned  employment
   procedures
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 121.11 of the penal law, as added by chapter 405 of
 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 § 121.11 Criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation.
   A person is guilty of  criminal  obstruction  of  breathing  or  blood
 circulation  when,  with intent to impede the normal breathing or circu-
 lation of the blood of another person, he or she:
   a. applies pressure on the throat or neck of such person; or
   b. blocks the nose or mouth of such person; OR
   C. USES ANY PROCEDURE KNOWN AS A CHOKEHOLD.
   Criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation is  a  class  A
 misdemeanor.
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 121.13-a to read
 as follows:
 §  121.13-A  STRANGULATION  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE;  DISREGARD OF BANNED
               EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURES.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF STRANGULATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE; DISREGARD  OF
 BANNED  EMPLOYMENT  PROCEDURES  WHEN HE OR SHE DISREGARDS ANY PROCEDURES
 BANNED BY HIS OR HER  EMPLOYMENT  AND  COMMITS  THE  CRIME  OF  CRIMINAL
 OBSTRUCTION  OF  BREATHING  OR  BLOOD CIRCULATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 121.11 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THEREBY CAUSES SERIOUS  PHYSICAL  INJURY  OR
 DEATH TO ANOTHER PERSON.
   STRANGULATION  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE;  DISREGARD OF BANNED EMPLOYMENT
 PROCEDURES IS A CLASS B FELONY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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