Senate Bill S3458

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the crimes of reckless endangerment of an emergency service person in the first and second degrees

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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-S3458 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§120.26 - 120.28, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6254
2015-2016: S1188
2017-2018: S773
2019-2020: S6264
2021-2022: S3741

2023-S3458 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the offenses of reckless endangerment of an emergency service person in the first and second degrees.

2023-S3458 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3458 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3458
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS, HINCHEY, MAYER -- 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 establishing the  offenses
   of  reckless  endangerment of an emergency service person in the first
   degree and reckless endangerment of an emergency service person in the
   second degree
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  penal  law  is  amended by adding three new sections
 120.26, 120.27 and 120.28 to read as follows:
 § 120.26 DEFINITIONS.
   FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 120.27 AND 120.28 OF THIS ARTICLE, "EMER-
 GENCY SERVICE PERSON" SHALL MEAN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:
   1. A FIREFIGHTER;
   2. A POLICE OFFICER;
   3. A PEACE OFFICER;
   4. AN EMERGENCY SERVICES PROFESSIONAL;
   5. A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER;
   6. A FIRE INSPECTION PERSONNEL; OR
   7. A BUILDING INSPECTOR.
 § 120.27 RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT OF AN EMERGENCY  SERVICE  PERSON  IN  THE
            SECOND DEGREE.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT OF AN EMERGENCY SERVICE
 PERSON IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN, KNOWING  THAT  A  BUILDING  PERMIT  IS
 REQUIRED  AND WITHOUT OBTAINING SUCH PERMIT, HE OR SHE ALTERS, CONVERTS,
 ENCLOSES,  SUBDIVIDES  OR  PARTITIONS  ANY  BUILDING  OR  STRUCTURE   IN
 VIOLATION  OF  THE  NEW  YORK STATE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING
 CODE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE,
 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, RULE OR REGULATION ADDRESSING STANDARDS FOR  BUILD-
 ING CONSTRUCTION AND FIRE PREVENTION IN A MANNER THAT IMPEDES A PERSON'S
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06605-01-3
 S. 3458                             2
              

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