Senate Bill S535

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Removes the deadly weapon or dangerous instrument requirement from aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer

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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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2025-S535 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.11, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8856

2025-S535 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the deadly weapon or dangerous instrument requirement from aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer.

2025-S535 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S535 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    535
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. MARTINS, RHOADS -- 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 removing the deadly weapon
   or dangerous instrument requirement from  aggravated  assault  upon  a
   police officer or peace officer
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 120.11 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  283
 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
 § 120.11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer.
   A  person  is  guilty of aggravated assault upon a police officer or a
 peace officer when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to  [a]
 ANOTHER  person whom [he] SUCH PERSON knows or reasonably should know to
 be a police officer or a peace officer engaged in the course of perform-
 ing [his] SUCH POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER'S official  duties,  [he]
 SUCH PERSON causes such injury [by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous
 instrument].
   Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer is a class
 B felony.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01760-01-5

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