New York A 1681: Relates to on duty auxiliary police officers

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A01681 Summary:

BILL NOA01681 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01190

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SPONSORWeprin (MS)

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COSPNSRPaulin, Sayegh, Seawright, Stirpe, Vanel, Williams, Walker, Stern, Eichenstein, Otis, Kim, Lavine,
 Woerner, Ra, Zinerman, Rajkumar, Burdick, Jackson, Simone, Cunningham, Glick, Buttenschon, Bores,
 De Los Santos, Lee, Zaccaro, Tapia, Alvarez, Septimo, Jones, Eachus, Raga, Berger, Anderson,
 Shimsky, Griffin, Yeger, Colton, Braunstein, Davila, Fall, Benedetto, Hyndman, Reyes, Cruz, Powers

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MLTSPNSRCook, Dinowitz, Hawley, Hevesi, Rozic

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Amd §§10.00, 70.02, 120.05 & 120.13, add §§120.08-a, 120.21 & 195.09, Pen L

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Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.

Go to top A01681 Actions:

BILL NOA01681 

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01/14/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1681

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, PAULIN, SAYEGH, SEAWRIGHT, STIRPE, VANEL,
 WILLIAMS, WALKER, STERN, EICHENSTEIN, OTIS, KIM, LAVINE, WOERNER, RA,
 ZINERMAN, RAJKUMAR, BURDICK, JACKSON, SIMONE, CUNNINGHAM, GLICK,
 BUTTENSCHON, BORES, DE LOS SANTOS, LEE, ZACCARO, TAPIA, ALVAREZ,
 SEPTIMO, JONES, EACHUS, RAGA, BERGER, ANDERSON, SHIMSKY -- Multi-Spon-
 sored by -- M. of A. COOK, DINOWITZ, HAWLEY, HEVESI, ROZIC -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to on duty auxiliary police
 officers

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

 1 Section 1. Section 10.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 23 to read as follows:
 3 23. "On-duty auxiliary police officer" means a member of an auxiliary
 4 police program that is organized and maintained by a state or local
 5 police department who is acting as an auxiliary police officer at the
 6 time of the act or omission.
 7 § 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the
 8 penal law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 94 of the laws of 2020
 9 and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, are
 10 amended to read as follows:
 11 (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the
 12 class B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
 13 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
 14 vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined in section 125.21,
 15 aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree as defined in section
 16 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emer-
 17 gency medical services professional as defined in section 120.08,
 18 assault on an on-duty auxiliary police officer as defined in section
 19 120.08-a, assault on a judge as defined in section 120.09, gang assault
 20 in the second degree as defined in section 120.06, strangulation in the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 first degree as defined in section 121.13, aggravated strangulation as
 2 defined in section 121.13-a, burglary in the second degree as defined in
 3 section 140.25, robbery in the second degree as defined in section
 4 160.10, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree as defined
 5 in section 265.03, criminal use of a firearm in the second degree as
 6 defined in section 265.08, criminal sale of a firearm in the second
 7 degree as defined in section 265.12, criminal sale of a firearm with the
 8 aid of a minor as defined in section 265.14, aggravated criminal
 9 possession of a weapon as defined in section 265.19, soliciting or
 10 providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree as defined
 11 in section 490.15, hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second
 12 degree as defined in section 490.30, and criminal possession of a chemi-
 13 cal weapon or biological weapon in the third degr