BILL NUMBER: S7355
SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to making conviction of
assault of a social worker a felony
 
PURPOSE:
Provides that conviction of assault on a social worker which prevents
him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as added by chapter 632 of
the laws of the 1996, is amended to make the conviction of assault on a
social worker which prevents them from performing their lawful duty a
felony.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation would make assaulting a social worker a Felony Crime a
protection that is already granted to Teachers, Police Officers, and
Transit Workers.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: S.4122 - Referred to Codes
2023: S.4122 - Referred to Codes
2022: S.4578 - Referred to Codes
2021: S.4578 - Referred to Codes
2020: S.1772 - Referred to Codes
2019: S.1772 - Referred to Codes
2018: S.6291 - 3rd Reading Calendar
2017: S.6291 - Passed Senate
2016: S.3489 - Passed Senate
2015: S.3489 - Passed Senate
2014: S.4158 - Passed Senate
2013: S.4158 - Passed Senate
2012: S.2947 - Referred to Codes/A.4798- Referred to Codes
2011: S.2947 - Referred to Codes/A.4798- Referred to Codes
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.

Statutes affected:
S7355: 120.08 penal law