New York A 11088: Removes the deadly weapon or dangerous instrument requirement from aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer

Status: REFERRED TO CODES (as of 2026-04-24)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 11088

Sponsors: Eric Brown, Alec Brook-Krasny, Daniel Norber, David McDonough, Edward Ra, Jake Ryan Blumencranz, Joe Angelino, Joe DeStefano, John Lemondes, Michael Novakhov, Scott Gray

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A11088 Summary:

BILL NOA11088 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00535

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SPONSORBrown E

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COSPNSRBlumencranz, Angelino, DeStefano, Brook-Krasny, Novakhov, Gray, McDonough, Lemondes, Ra, Norber

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Amd §120.11, Pen L

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Removes the deadly weapon or dangerous instrument requirement from aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer.

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04/24/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11088

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 24, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to removing the deadly weapon
 or dangerous instrument requirement from aggravated assault upon a
 police officer or peace officer

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

 1 Section 1. Section 120.11 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 283
 2 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 120.11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer.
 4 A person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a police officer or a
 5 peace officer when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to [a]
 6 another person whom [he] such person knows or reasonably should know to
 7 be a police officer or a peace officer engaged in the course of perform-
 8 ing [his] such police officer or peace officer's official duties, [he]
 9 such person causes such injury [by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous
 10 instrument].
 11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer is a class
 12 B felony.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01760-01-5

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