STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8856 IN SENATE March 21, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- 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 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 person whom he knows or reasonably should know to be a police officer or 7 a peace officer engaged in the course of performing his official duties, 8 he causes such injury [by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instru- 9 ment]. 10 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer is a class 11 B felony. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14922-01-4