NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5569A

Senate Bill S5569A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Categorizes hate crimes as serious offenses in relation to possession of firearms; repealer

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 02, 2017	print number 5569a
May 02, 2017	amend and recommit to codes
Apr 13, 2017	referred to codes

Bill Amendments

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2017-S5569 - Details

See other versions of this Bill:: A7547 ,; S7072 ,
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Rpld §265.00 sub 17 ¶(b), amd §265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A6263

2017-S5569 - Summary

Categorizes hate crimes as serious offenses in relation to possession of firearms.

2017-S5569 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5569

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the penal law, in relation to categorizing hate crimes
as serious offenses in relation to possession of firearms and to
repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

 PURPOSE :

To prohibit those convicted of hate crimes from possessing firearms.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Amends section 265.00 of the penal law by adding hate crimes to the
list of "serious offenses" that can prohibit someone from possessing
firearms.

 JUSTIFICATION :

New York has seen an alarming rise in hate crimes since the candidacy
of President Trump. In March 2017, Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio
stated that the number of hate crimes reported in New York City since
the beginning of 2017 was more than double the number of reported
incidents over the same period the previous year. Across the state,
rates have also increased, with the number of incidents in areas

outside of New York City reported in November and December of 2016
doubled when compared to 2015.

Hate crime convictions indicate the perpetrator has targeted a victim
or community simply for being who they. Such a history of targeted
violence or intimidation suggests they could pose broader dangers to
those communities and others. According to the Center for American
Progress, states such as Minnesota, Oregon, and New Jersey already bar
individuals convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes from buying and
possessing guns.

New York has a duty to take actions that reject acts of bigotry,
hatred, misogyny, homophobia, racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia,
xenophobia, and discrimination in any form because they violate the
nation's core values. Allowing those who commit and are convicted of
hate crimes to possess guns only gives them a fatal tool to spread
their hate.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill

 FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on
which it shall have become law.

2017-S5569 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5569
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to categorizing  hate  crimes
   as  serious  offenses  in  relation  to  possession of firearms and to
   repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the
 penal law, as amended by section 3 of chapter 232 of the laws  of  2010,
 is REPEALED.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal
 law, as amended by section 2 of chapter 232 of  the  laws  of  2010,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  any of the following offenses defined in the penal law: illegally
 using, carrying or  possessing  a  pistol  or  other  dangerous  weapon;
 possession of burglar's tools; criminal possession of stolen property in
 the  third  degree;  escape  in  the  third degree; jostling; fraudulent
 accosting; endangering the welfare of a child; the offenses  defined  in
 article two hundred thirty-five; issuing abortional articles; permitting
 prostitution;  promoting  prostitution  in the third degree; stalking in
 the fourth degree; stalking in the third degree; the offenses defined in
 article one hundred thirty; the offenses defined in article two  hundred
 twenty; THE OFFENSES DEFINED IN ARTICLE FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11065-01-7

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2017-S5569A (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:: A7547 ,; S7072 ,
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Rpld §265.00 sub 17 ¶(b), amd §265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A6263

2017-S5569A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Categorizes hate crimes as serious offenses in relation to possession of firearms.

2017-S5569A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5569A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5569--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  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 categorizing hate crimes
   as serious offenses in relation  to  possession  of  firearms  and  to
   repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. (a) As the New York state legislature
 found in enacting the Hate Crimes Act of 2000, "The intolerable truth is
 that in these crimes, commonly and justly referred to as 'hate  crimes',
 victims  are  intentionally  selected,  in  whole or in part, because of
 their race, color, national origin, ancestry,  gender,  religion,  reli-
 gious  practice,  age,  disability or sexual orientation. Hate crimes do
 more than threaten the safety and welfare of all citizens. They  inflict
 on  victims  incalculable  physical and emotional damage and tear at the
 very fabric of free society. Crimes motivated by invidious hatred toward
 particular groups not only harm individual victims but send  a  powerful
 message of intolerance and discrimination to all members of the group to
 which  the victim belongs. Hate crimes can and do intimidate and disrupt
 entire communities and vitiate the civility that is essential to healthy
 democratic processes."
   (b) The pernicious harm of hate crimes  on  targeted  individuals  and
 communities  is  compounded  by the use of firearms to threaten and harm
 the victims. According to one recent analysis, between  2010  and  2015,
 there  were  roughly  46,500  hate crimes committed in the United States
 that involved a gun. The threat of a gun from dangerous extremists sends
 a clear message that they not only  harbor  feelings  of  bias  or  hate
 against  a  particular  group, but also that they are willing to kill in
 service of this ideology. Keeping guns out of the hands  of  individuals
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11065-02-7

 S. 5569--A                          2
 
 who perpetrate hate crimes is therefore a crucial measure to help ensure
 the safety of groups that have historically been targeted. Current state
 law  does not adequately ensure that individuals who have been convicted
 of hate crimes do not have easy access to guns.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal
 law, as amended by section 3 of chapter 232 of  the  laws  of  2010,  is
 REPEALED.
   §  3.  Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal
 law, as amended by section 2 of chapter 232 of  the  laws  of  2010,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  any of the following offenses defined in the penal law: illegally
 using, carrying or  possessing  a  pistol  or  other  dangerous  weapon;
 possession of burglar's tools; criminal possession of stolen property in
 the  third  degree;  escape  in  the  third degree; jostling; fraudulent
 accosting; endangering the welfare of a child; the offenses  defined  in
 article two hundred thirty-five; issuing abortional articles; permitting
 prostitution;  promoting  prostitution  in the third degree; stalking in
 the fourth degree; stalking in the third degree; the offenses defined in
 article one hundred thirty; the offenses defined in article two  hundred
 twenty; THE OFFENSES DEFINED IN ARTICLE FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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