New York S 4006: Provides that conviction of assault on a social services worker which prevents them from performing a lawful duty is a felony

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S04006 Summary:

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Provides that conviction of assault on a social services worker which prevents them from performing a lawful duty is a felony.

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4006

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 making conviction of
 assault of a social services worker a felony

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

 1 Section 1. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 476
 2 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter [or],
 4 emergency medical services professional or social services
 5 worker.
 6 A person is guilty of assault on a peace officer, police officer,
 7 firefighter [or], emergency medical services professional or social
 8 services worker when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, police
 9 officer, a firefighter, including a firefighter acting as a paramedic or
 10 emergency medical technician administering first aid in the course of
 11 performance of duty as such firefighter, [or] an emergency medical
 12 service paramedic or emergency medical service technician[,] or social
 13 services worker from performing a lawful duty, [he or she] such person
 14 causes serious physical injury to such peace officer, police officer,
 15 firefighter, paramedic [or], technician or social services worker.
 16 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter [or], emergen-
 17 cy medical services professional or social services worker is a class C
 18 felony.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 20 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07147-01-5

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