Assembly Bill A6590

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Makes graffiti a hate crime

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2017-A6590 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4777
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §485.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A2647, S3750
2021-2022: A3730, S4811
2023-2024: A9058

2017-A6590 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes making graffiti within hate crimes.

2017-A6590 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6590
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to hate crimes
 
   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

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

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