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A00857 Summary:

BILL NOA00857 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGlick

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Add §§128.80, 120.85 & 120.90, amd §§70.25 & 70.02, Pen L

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Establishes the crime of assault of a protester in the first, second, and third degrees.

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BILL NOA00857 

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01/08/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 857

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
 assault of a protester in the first, second, and third degrees

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.80 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 120.80 Assault of a protester in the third degree.
 4 A person is guilty of assault of a protester in the third degree when,
 5 with intent to cause physical injury to another person who is engaged in
 6 protest activities, such person causes such injury to such other person
 7 or to a third person.
 8 For the purposes of this section, "protest activities" shall mean
 9 peaceful picketing or other peaceful demonstration, protected from legal
 10 prohibition by the federal and state constitutions.
 11 Assault of a protester in the third degree is a class E felony.
 12 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.85 to read
 13 as follows:
 14 § 120.85 Assault of a protester in the second degree.
 15 A person is guilty of assault of a protester in the second degree
 16 when:
 17 1. With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person who
 18 is engaged in protest activities, such person causes such injury to such
 19 other person or to a third person; or
 20 2. With intent to cause physical injury to another person who is
 21 engaged in protest activities, such person causes such injury to such
 22 other person or to a third person by means of a deadly weapon or a
 23 dangerous instrument.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02757-01-5

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 1 For the purposes of this section, "protest activities" shall mean
 2 peaceful picketing or other peaceful demonstration, protected from legal
 3 prohibition by the federal and state constitutions.
 4 Assault of a protester in the second degree is a class C felony.
 5 § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.90 to read
 6 as follows:
 7 § 120.90 Assault of a protester in the first degree.
 8 A person is guilty of assault of a protester in the first degree when,
 9 with intent to cause serious physical injury to another person who is
 10 engaged in protest activities, such person causes such injury to such
 11 other person or to a third person by means of a deadly weapon or a
 12 dangerous instrument.
 13 For the purposes of this section, "protest activities" shall mean
 14 peaceful picketing or other peaceful demonstration, protected from legal
 15 prohibition by the federal and state constitutions.
 16 Assault of a protester in the first degree is a class B felony.
 17 § 4. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 70.25 of the
 18 penal law, as amended by chapter 372 of the laws of 1981, is amended and
 19 a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
 20 Except as provided in subdivisions two, two-a [and], five, and six of
 21 this section, when multiple sentences of imprisonment are imposed on a
 22 person at the same time, or when a person who is subject to any undisc-
 23 harged term of imprisonment imposed at a previous time by a court of
 24 this state is sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment, the
 25 sentence or sentences imposed by the court shall run either concurrently
 26 or consecutively with respect to each other and the undischarged term or
 27 terms in such manner as the court directs at the time of sentence. If
 28 the cour