Senate Bill S8908

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to assault on a straphanger

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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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2021-S8908 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §120.80, amd §70.02, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S3154
2025-2026: S222

2021-S8908 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that it shall be a class C felony to subject another person to physical contact that results in such person falling onto subway tracks.

2021-S8908 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8908 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8908
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 28, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PALUMBO,  BORRELLO, OBERACKER, ORTT, WEIK -- 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 assault on a straphanger
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "straphan-
 ger protection act".
   §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.80 to read
 as follows:
 § 120.80 ASSAULT ON A STRAPHANGER.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ASSAULT ON A STRAPHANGER WHEN HE OR SHE STRIKES,
 SHOVES, KICKS, OR OTHERWISE SUBJECTS ANOTHER PERSON TO PHYSICAL  CONTACT
 THAT RESULTS IN SUCH PERSON FALLING ONTO SUBWAY TRACKS.
   ASSAULT ON A STRAPHANGER IS A CLASS C FELONY.
   § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the penal law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  94  of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
 class  B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
 vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined  in  section  125.21,
 aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the  second  degree as defined in section
 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emer-
 gency medical  services  professional  as  defined  in  section  120.08,
 assault  on  a  judge  as defined in section 120.09, gang assault in the
 second degree as defined in section 120.06, ASSAULT ON A STRAPHANGER  AS
 DEFINED  IN SECTION 120.80, strangulation in the first degree as defined
 in section  121.13,  aggravated  strangulation  as  defined  in  section
 121.13-a,  burglary  in  the second degree as defined in section 140.25,
 robbery in the second degree as  defined  in  section  160.10,  criminal
 possession  of  a  weapon  in  the  second  degree as defined in section
 265.03, criminal use of a firearm in the second  degree  as  defined  in
 section  265.08,  criminal  sale  of  a  firearm in the second degree as
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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