Senate Bill S3130

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires police agencies to file reports of civil rights offenses

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

  • 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-S3130 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง40-h, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1302
2011-2012: S2089, S6201
2015-2016: S3986
2017-2018: S3621
2019-2020: S4592
2021-2022: S4791
2023-2024: S5872

2013-S3130 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires police agencies to report offenses to the division of criminal justice services which appear to such agency to be motivated by the race, national origin, religion or sexual orientation of the victim or of the owner, resident, lessee or occupant where the offense is committed against property.

2013-S3130 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3130 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3130

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring reporting
  of unlawful acts which appear to be based on  race,  national  origin,
  religion or sexual orientation

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

  Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
40-h to read as follows:
  S 40-H. REPORTS TO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. EVERY POLICE
AGENCY,  AS  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIR-
TY-FIVE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, SHALL  NOTIFY  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL
JUSTICE  SERVICES IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY SUCH DIVISION, WHENEVER AN
ACT WHICH CONSTITUTES AN OFFENSE IS COMMITTED AND WHICH APPEARS TO  SUCH
AGENCY  TO HAVE BEEN MOTIVATED BY THE RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR
SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF THE VICTIM OR IN THE CASE OF AN OFFENSE  COMMITTED
AGAINST  PROPERTY,  THE RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR SEXUAL ORIEN-
TATION OF THE OWNER, RESIDENT, LESSEE OR OCCUPANT THEREOF.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law,  provided however, that effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
and directed to be made and completed on or before such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06934-01-3

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