New York S 5449: Relates to increasing the penalties for assault on police officers, peace officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians

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S05449 Summary:

BILL NOS05449 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04192

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Amd §§120.05, 120.08 & 120.11, add §120.05-a, Pen L

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Increases the penalties for assault on police officers, peace officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians causing physical injury or serious physical injury.

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BILL NOS05449 

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5449

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 increasing the penalties
 for assault on police officers, peace officers, firefighters and emer-
 gency medical technicians

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, [a police officer,] prose-
 5 cutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the crimi-
 6 nal procedure law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public
 7 health sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation
 8 enforcement agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter,
 9 including a firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical tech-
 10 nician administering first aid in the course of performance of duty as
 11 such firefighter, an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency
 12 medical service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospi-
 13 tal emergency department, a city marshal, a school crossing guard
 14 appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general munici-
 15 pal law, a traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent or
 16 employee of any entity governed by the public service law in the course
 17 of performing an essential service, from performing a lawful duty, by
 18 means including releasing or failing to control an animal under circum-
 19 stances evincing the actor's intent that the animal obstruct the lawful
 20 activity of such peace officer, [police officer,] prosecutor as defined
 21 in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law,
 22 registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health sanitarian,
 23 New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent,
 24 New York city sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic, technician,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02529-01-5

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 1 city marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two
 2 hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, traffic enforcement offi-
 3 cer, traffic enforcement agent or employee of an entity governed by the
 4 public service law, [he or she] the actor causes physical injury to such
 5 peace officer, [police officer,] prosecutor as defined in subdivision
 6 thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, registered
 7 nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health sanitarian, New York city
 8 public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city
 9 sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic, technician or medical or
 10 related personnel in a hospital emergency department, city marshal,
 11 school crossing guard, traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement
 12 agent or employee of an entity governed by the public service law; or
 13 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.05-a to read
 14 as follows:
 15 § 120.05-a Assault on a police officer causing physical injury.
 16 A person is guilty of assault on a police officer causing physical
 17 injury when, with intent to prevent a police officer from performing a
 18 lawful duty, by means including releasing or failing to control an
 19 animal under circumstance