Senate Bill S1118

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to first degree murder where the intended victim is a prosecutor or district attorney

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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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2017-S1118 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §125.27, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4391
2015-2016: S2711
2019-2020: S1326

2017-S1118 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to first degree murder where the intended victim is a prosecutor or district attorney.

2017-S1118 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1118 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1118
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. FUNKE, GOLDEN -- 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 murder in the first degree
   where the intended victim was a prosecutor or district attorney
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  of
 section  125.27 of the penal law, as added by chapter 300 of the laws of
 2001, is amended and a new  subparagraph  (xiv)  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   (xiii) the victim was killed in furtherance of an act of terrorism, as
 defined  in  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section 490.05 of this
 chapter; [and] OR
   (XIV) THE INTENDED VICTIM WAS A PROSECUTOR OR  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  AS
 DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION THIRTY-ONE OR THIRTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE
 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW AND THE DEFENDANT KILLED SUCH VICTIM BECAUSE SUCH
 VICTIM WAS, AT THE TIME OF THE KILLING, A PROSECUTOR OR DISTRICT  ATTOR-
 NEY; AND
   § 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.
                                                            LBD04157-01-7

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