Senate Bill S2755

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5200 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S2755 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5200
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§120.16 & 120.17, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6337, A8426
2015-2016: S1591, A1892

2017-S2755 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony.

2017-S2755 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2755 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2755
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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  prohibiting  physical
   contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 120.16  of  the
 penal  law,  as amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 1988, is amended to
 read as follows:
   A person is guilty of hazing in the first degree when, in  the  course
 of  another  person's  initiation into or affiliation with any organiza-
 tion, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct, INCLUDING,  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO,  MAKING  PHYSICAL  CONTACT  WITH OR REQUIRING PHYSICAL
 ACTIVITY OF SUCH OTHER PERSON, which creates a substantial risk of phys-
 ical injury to such other person or a third person  and  thereby  causes
 such injury.
   §  2.  The first undesignated paragraph of section 120.17 of the penal
 law, as added by chapter 86 of the laws of 1988, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   A  person is guilty of hazing in the second degree when, in the course
 of another person's initiation or affiliation with any organization,  he
 intentionally  or  recklessly  engages  in  conduct,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, MAKING PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH OR REQUIRING PHYSICAL  ACTIVITY
 OF SUCH OTHER PERSON, which creates a substantial risk of physical inju-
 ry to such other person or a third person.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08082-01-7

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