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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6045: Adds assaults against certain employees of state and local government agencies as an assault in the second degree

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 6045 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Adds assaults against certain employees of state and local government agencies as an assault in the second degree. Primary sponsor: April Baskin (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
April BaskinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate63
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
Patrick GallivanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source