Assembly Bill A1945

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts "Ildefonso Romero's law" to establish the felony offense of aggravated assault

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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-A1945 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2078
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §120.00-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A5171, S3178

2017-A1945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Ildefonso Romero's law" to establish the felony offenses of aggravated assault for the causation of serious physical injury to or death of, as the case may be, of any person, with intent to cause physical injury to such person or a third person.

2017-A1945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1945
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, COLTON, WALKER, HOOPER, RAIA, PALMESA-
   NO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. BARCLAY, ENGLEBRIGHT, MAGEE,
   McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, PALUMBO -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the felony
   offense of aggravated assault

   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
 "Ildefonso Romero's law".
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.00-a to read
 as follows:
 § 120.00-A AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WHEN:
   1. WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON, HE  OR  SHE
 CAUSES  SERIOUS  PHYSICAL  INJURY  OR DEATH TO SUCH PERSON OR TO A THIRD
 PERSON; OR
   2. HE OR SHE RECKLESSLY CAUSES SERIOUS PHYSICAL  INJURY  OR  DEATH  TO
 ANOTHER PERSON; OR
   3.  WITH CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE, HE OR SHE CAUSES SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY
 OR DEATH TO ANOTHER PERSON BY MEANS OF A DEADLY WEAPON  OR  A  DANGEROUS
 INSTRUMENT.
   AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 3. 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.
                                                            LBD07338-01-7

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