S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- 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 protecting registered
security guards in a hospital or health care facility from assault
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law,
subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 2016 and subdivi-
sion 11 as separately amended by chapters 268 and 281 of the laws of
2016, are amended to read as follows:
3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, prosecu-
tor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal
procedure law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health
sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforce-
ment agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter, including a
firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician admin-
istering first aid in the course of performance of duty as such fire-
fighter, an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical
service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospital emer-
gency department, A REGISTERED SECURITY GUARD IN A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH
CARE FACILITY, a city marshal, a school crossing guard appointed pursu-
ant to section two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, a traf-
fic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent or employee of any
entity governed by the public service law in the course of performing an
essential service, from performing a lawful duty, by means including
releasing or failing to control an animal under circumstances evincing
the actor's intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activity of such
peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in subdivision
thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, registered
nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health sanitarian, New York city
public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic, technician, city marshal,
school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a
of the general municipal law, traffic enforcement officer, traffic
enforcement agent or employee of an entity governed by the public
service law, he or she causes physical injury to such peace officer,
police officer, prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of
section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, registered nurse, licensed
practical nurse, public health sanitarian, New York city public health
sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city sanitation work-
er, firefighter, paramedic, technician or medical or related personnel
in a hospital emergency department, A REGISTERED SECURITY GUARD IN A
HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY, city marshal, school crossing guard,
traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent or employee of an
entity governed by the public service law; or
11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train operator, ticket
inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station
cleaner or terminal cleaner employed by any transit agency, authority or
company, public or private, whose operation is authorized by New York
state or any of its political subdivisions, a city marshal, a school
crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the
general municipal law, a traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforce-
ment agent, prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law, sanitation enforcement agent, New
York city sanitation worker, public health sanitarian, New York city
public health sanitarian, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse,
emergency medical service paramedic, or emergency medical service tech-
nician, OR A REGISTERED SECURITY GUARD IN A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE
FACILITY, he or she causes physical injury to such train operator, tick-
et inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent,
station cleaner or terminal cleaner, city marshal, school crossing guard
appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general munici-
pal law, traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent, prose-
cutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the crimi-
nal procedure law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public
health sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation
enforcement agent, New York city sanitation worker, emergency medical
service paramedic, [or] emergency medical service technician, OR A
REGISTERED SECURITY GUARD IN A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY, while
such employee is performing an assigned duty on, or directly related to,
the operation of a train or bus, including the cleaning of a train or
bus station or terminal, or such city marshal, school crossing guard,
traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as
defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal proce-
dure law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health
sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforce-
ment agent, New York city sanitation worker, emergency medical service
paramedic, [or] emergency medical service technician, OR A REGISTERED
SECURITY GUARD IN A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY, is performing an
assigned duty; or
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
