New York S 4829: Establishes the "Hoosock and Jensen law" which increases the designation of certain offenses relating to unlawfully fleeing a police officer

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S04829 Summary:

BILL NOS04829 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01070

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSRADDABBO, FERNANDEZ, GRIFFO, HELMING, MURRAY, PALUMBO, RHOADS, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§270.25, 270.30 & 270.35, Pen L

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Designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree as a class E felony; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the second degree as a class D violent felony offense; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the first degree as a class B violent felony offense.

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BILL NOS04829 

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4829

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- 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 "Hoosock
 and Jensen law" which increases the designation of certain offenses
 relating to unlawfully fleeing a police officer

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Hoosock and Jensen law".
 3 § 2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 270.25 of the penal
 4 law, as added by chapter 738 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third
 7 degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E felony.
 8 § 3. The second undesignated paragraph of section 270.30 of the penal
 9 law, as added by chapter 738 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 10 follows:
 11 Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the second
 12 degree is a class [E] D violent felony offense.
 13 § 4. The second undesignated paragraph of section 270.35 of the penal
 14 law, as added by chapter 738 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 15 follows:
 16 Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the first
 17 degree is a class [D] B violent felony offense.
 18 § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 19 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03023-01-5

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