Assembly Bill A1330

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Expands the crimes included in domestic violence to include identity theft, grand larceny and coercion, for purposes of assistance to victims thereof

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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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2017-A1330 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6293
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §459-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7871
2019-2020: A5608, S2625

2017-A1330 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the crimes included in domestic violence to include identity theft, grand larceny and coercion, for purposes of assistance to victims thereof.

2017-A1330 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1330
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN,  SEAWRIGHT, OTIS -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  expanding  the
   crimes  included in domestic violence to include identity theft, grand
   larceny and coercion

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 459-a of the social services law,
 as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  "Victim  of  domestic  violence"  means any person over the age of
 sixteen, any married person or any parent  accompanied  by  his  or  her
 minor  child  or  children  in  situations  in which such person or such
 person's child is a victim of an act which would constitute a  violation
 of the penal law, including, but not limited to acts constituting disor-
 derly  conduct,  harassment,  aggravated  harassment, sexual misconduct,
 forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking, criminal mischief,  menacing,
 reckless endangerment, kidnapping, assault, attempted assault, attempted
 murder,  criminal  obstruction  of  breathing or blood circulation, [or]
 strangulation, IDENTITY THEFT, GRAND LARCENY OR COERCION; and
   (i) such act or acts have resulted in  actual  physical  or  emotional
 injury  or have created a substantial risk of physical or emotional harm
 to such person or such person's child; and
   (ii) such act or acts are or are alleged to have been committed  by  a
 family or household member.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02868-01-7

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