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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, PERKINS, SAMPSON -- 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  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    S  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  530.11  OF  THE
    6  CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, WHERE THE VICTIM AND THE DEFENDANT WERE "MEMBERS
    7  OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD" AS DEFINED IN THAT SECTION.
    8    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06546-01-5