Assembly Bill A6728

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to extortion or coercion related to immigration status

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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-A6728 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5387
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§135.60 & 155.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A2144, S3298
2021-2022: A3412, S343

2017-A6728 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to extortion or coercion related to immigration status.

2017-A6728 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6728
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  extortion  or  coercion
   related to immigration status
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of  section  135.60  of  the  penal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  426  of  the  laws  of 2008, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. Accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges OR DEPORTA-
 TION PROCEEDINGS to be instituted against him or her; or
   § 2. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (e) of subdivision  2  of  section
 155.05 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
   (iv) Accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges OR DEPOR-
 TATION PROCEEDINGS to be instituted against him OR HER; or
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10223-01-7

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