Assembly Actions -
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Mar 19, 2019 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
Jan 10, 2019 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S1035
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
2019-S1035 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S1035 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Elevates the offense of killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony; and establishes the class E felony of injuring a police work dog or police work horse for intentionally causing serious physical injury to a police work dog or police work horse while such dog or horse is performing its duties under the supervision of a police officer.
2019-S1035 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1035 SPONSOR: YOUNG TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to elevating the severity of the felony offense of killing a police work dog or police work horse and establishing the class E felony offense of injuring a police work dog or police work horse PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to increase penalties for the injury or killing of a police work dog or police work horse. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Subdivision section 195.06-a of the penal law to elevate the existing crime of killing a police work dog or police work horse from a class E felony to a class D felony.
2019-S1035 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1035 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, AKSHAR, AMEDORE, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, HELMING, JACOBS, O'MARA, RITCHIE, SERINO, SEWARD, TEDISCO -- 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 elevating the severity of the felony offense of killing a police work dog or police work horse and establishing the class E felony offense of injuring a police work dog or police work horse THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 195.06-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 162 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: Killing a police work dog or police work horse is a class [E] D felo- ny. § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 195.06-b to read as follows: § 195.06-B INJURING A POLICE WORK DOG OR POLICE WORK HORSE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF INJURING A POLICE WORK DOG OR POLICE WORK HORSE WHEN SUCH PERSON INTENTIONALLY CAUSES SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO A POLICE WORK DOG OR POLICE WORK HORSE WHILE SUCH DOG OR HORSE IS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS DUTIES AND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A POLICE OFFICER. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "POLICE WORK DOG" OR "POLICE WORK HORSE," AS THE CASE MAY BE, SHALL MEAN ANY DOG OR HORSE OWNED OR HARBORED BY ANY STATE OR MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, WHICH HAS BEEN TRAINED TO AID LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI- CERS AND IS ACTUALLY BEING USED FOR POLICE WORK PURPOSES. INJURING A POLICE WORK DOG OR POLICE WORK HORSE IS A CLASS E FELONY. § 3. This act shall take effect the first of November next succeeding 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. LBD03857-01-9
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