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A 3282: Establishes a person is guilty of assault in the second degree when such person intends to cause physical injury to an employee of New York state or any of its political subdivisions or of a public authority or a public benefit corporation while such employee is performing such employee's duties.
What A 3282 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to protect employees of state and local government agencies from physical harm. It specifically targets individuals who intentionally or with intent cause physical injury to process servers or employees while they are performing their duties. The law also includes a provision to prevent animals from being used to obstruct process servers. This law would make it a crime to cause physical injury to an employee performing their duties, regardless of the intention. The law would take effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 3282
- What is the current status of A 3282?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 3282 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to codes".
- Did A 3282 pass?
- Not yet. A 3282 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 3282, and where is it now?
- A 3282 was authored by Asm. Harry Bronson with 11 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to codes |
| Jan. 27, 2025 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 27, 2025 · 307 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3282 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assaults against certain employees of state and local government agencies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as added 2 by chapter 268 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdivision 15 3 is added to read as follows: 4 14. With intent to prevent or obstruct a process server, as defined in 5 section eighty-nine-t of the general business law, from performing a 6 lawful duty pursuant to article three of the civil practice law and 7 rules, or intentionally, as retaliation against such a process server 8 for the performance of the process server's duties pursuant to such 9 article, including by means of releasing or failing to control an animal 10 evincing the actor's intent that the animal prevent or obstruct the 11 lawful duty of the process server or as retaliation against the process 12 server, [he or she] such person causes physical injury to such process 13 server[.]; or 14 15. With intent to cause physical injury to an employee of New York 15 state or any of its political subdivisions or of a public authority or a 16 public benefit corporation, such person causes physical injury to such 17 employee while such employee is performing such employee's duties. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00219-01-5
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