Assembly Bill A8960A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Includes bias-related graffiti in hate crimes

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8960 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S951
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §485.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3304
2011-2012: S1842
2015-2016: A2319, S2655
2017-2018: A5143, S2348
2019-2020: A4217, S4707
2021-2022: S5072
2023-2024: S6366

2013-A8960 - Summary

Includes bias-related graffiti in hate crimes.

2013-A8960 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8960

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law  and the vehicle and traffic law, in
  relation to bias-related graffiti

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 240.31 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A. ETCHES, PAINTS, COVERS, DRAWS UPON OR  OTHERWISE  PLACES  A  MARK
UPON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY; OR
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 60.31 to read as
follows:
S  60.31  AUTHORIZED  DISPOSITION;  AGGRAVATED  HARASSMENT  IN THE FIRST
            DEGREE.
  WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  ONE-A
OF  SECTION  240.31  OF THIS CHAPTER, OR OF AN ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUCH AN
OFFENSE, OR OF A LESSER INCLUDED  OFFENSE,  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY  OTHER
SENTENCE   IMPOSED  OR  AS  A  CONDITION  OF  PROBATION  OR  CONDITIONAL
DISCHARGE: (1) THE COURT MAY ORDER SUCH PERSON TO PARTICIPATE IN, AT HIS
OWN EXPENSE, A DIVERSITY TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED  TO  OVERCOME
DISCRIMINATION,  PREJUDICE  AND  INTOLERANCE, AND THAT PROMOTES COMMUNI-
CATION, UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT AMONG DIVERSE  RACIAL,  RELIGIOUS  AND
ETHNIC  GROUPS AND/OR (2) MAY SUSPEND SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S DRIVER'S LICENSE
OR PRIVILEGE TO DRIVE IN THIS STATE FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO ONE YEAR,  OR,
IN THE EVENT SUCH INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, THE COURT
MAY  DELAY  THE GRANTING OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO ONE
YEAR.
  S 3. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. EXCEPTIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF  THIS  SECTION,
THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  NOT  ISSUE  A  DRIVER'S  LICENSE TO ANY PERSON
CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF  SECTION  240.31
OF  THE  PENAL  LAW, OR OF AN ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUCH AN OFFENSE, OR OF A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02858-01-3

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2013-A8960A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S951
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §485.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3304
2011-2012: S1842
2015-2016: A2319, S2655
2017-2018: A5143, S2348
2019-2020: A4217, S4707
2021-2022: S5072
2023-2024: S6366

2013-A8960A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes bias-related graffiti in hate crimes.

2013-A8960A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8960--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEPRIN  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A.
  BROOK-KRASNY -- read once and referred 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 bias-related graffiti

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  485.05  of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 405 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
provisions  of  this  chapter:  section  120.00  (assault  in  the third
degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree);  section  120.10
(assault in the first degree); section 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a
person  less  than  eleven  years  old); section 120.13 (menacing in the
first degree); section 120.14 (menacing in the second  degree);  section
120.15  (menacing  in the third degree); section 120.20 (reckless endan-
germent in the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless endangerment  in
the  first degree); section 121.12 (strangulation in the second degree);
section 121.13 (strangulation in the first degree); subdivision  one  of
section 125.15 (manslaughter in the second degree); subdivision one, two
or  four  of  section 125.20 (manslaughter in the first degree); section
125.25 (murder in the second degree); section 120.45  (stalking  in  the
fourth  degree);  section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section
120.55 (stalking in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in  the
first  degree);  subdivision  one  of  section 130.35 (rape in the first
degree); subdivision one of section 130.50 (criminal sexual act  in  the
first  degree);  subdivision  one of section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the
first degree); paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  one  of  section  130.67
(aggravated  sexual abuse in the second degree); paragraph (a) of subdi-
vision one of section 130.70  (aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the  first
degree);  section  135.05  (unlawful imprisonment in the second degree);
section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment  in  the  first  degree);  section
135.20  (kidnapping in the second degree); section 135.25 (kidnapping in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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