Senate Bill S234

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the assault on sports officials and aggravated harassment of a sports official and the provision of information to the spectators of such sporting events

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

  • 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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2023-S234 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2510
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, add §240.33, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6762
2021-2022: S2639, A9840

2023-S234 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of assault on sports officials and aggravated harassment of a sports official; makes aggravated harassment of a sports official a class B misdemeanor; requires the state education department to establish an information campaign to be distributed to all youth and school sports programs requiring such programs to disseminate information to parents and other spectators of such programs on the protections afforded sports officials.

2023-S234 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S234 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    234
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO, HELMING, OBERACKER, 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 the assault on sports
   officials

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as added
 by  chapter 268 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdivision 15
 is added to read as follows:
   14. With intent to prevent or obstruct a process server, as defined in
 section eighty-nine-t of the general business  law,  from  performing  a
 lawful  duty  pursuant  to  article  three of the civil practice law and
 rules, or intentionally, as retaliation against such  a  process  server
 for  the  performance  of  the  process server's duties pursuant to such
 article, including by means of releasing or failing to control an animal
 evincing the actor's intent that the  animal  prevent  or  obstruct  the
 lawful  duty of the process server or as retaliation against the process
 server, he or she causes physical injury to such process server[.]; OR
   15. WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO A SPORTS  OFFICIAL,  WHICH
 SHALL  INCLUDE  UMPIRES,  REFEREES, JUDGES, LINESMEN, COACHES, ASSISTANT
 COACHES, AND ANY OTHER PERSON PARTICIPATING IN AN OFFICIAL OR SUBSTITUTE
 CAPACITY AT A SPORTS CONTEST, HE OR  SHE  CAUSES  SUCH  INJURY  TO  SUCH
 SPORTS  OFFICIAL  IN  OR  ON OR WITHIN ANY BUILDING, STRUCTURE, ATHLETIC
 PLAYING FIELD OR PLAYGROUND AT WHICH THE SPORTS CONTEST  INCLUDING  PRE-
 GAME  AND  POST-GAME  ACTIVITIES  ARE  CONDUCTED;  INCLUDING ANY AND ALL
 SURROUNDING PARKING FACILITIES OR AREAS DESIGNATED FOR PARKING FOR  SUCH
 SPORTS CONTESTS.
   §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.33 to read
 as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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