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S 6045: 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 S 6045 does, verified April 22, 2026
The bill aims to protect employees of state and local government agencies from physical harm. It introduces two new offenses: one for intentionally causing physical injury to a process server as retaliation for their duties, and another for causing physical injury to an employee while they are performing their duties. These offenses carry severe penalties, and the bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6045
- What is the current status of S 6045?
- As of April 22, 2026, S 6045 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 S 6045 pass?
- Not yet. S 6045 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6045, and where is it now?
- S 6045 was authored by Sen. April Baskin with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CODES |
| Mar. 05, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 5, 2025 · 311 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6045 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- 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 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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