Senate Bill S1035

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Elevates killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony

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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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2019-S1035 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4659
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §195.06-a, add §195.06-b, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S961
2021-2022: S2043
2023-2024: S1391

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

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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