STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3432--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 23, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, BRESLIN, HAMILTON, HOYLMAN, KENNEDY,
          MONTGOMERY, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
          ed  to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to enacting the "domestic
          violence escalation prevention act"
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "domestic violence escalation prevention act".
     3    § 2. Subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal law is  amended  by
     4  adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
     5    (c)  a  crime  set  forth  in subdivision one of section 370.15 of the
     6  criminal procedure law in which  the  court  makes  a  specific  written
     7  determination that the defendant is related or situated to the victim of
     8  the  crime  in  the  manner specified in 18 U.S.C.  921(a)(33)(A)(ii) as
     9  provided in section 370.15 of  the  criminal  procedure  law,  provided,
    10  however  that  no  such  written  determination shall be required for an
    11  offense included in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subdivision.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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