Senate Bill S7072

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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-S7072 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7547
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-S7072 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S7072 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7072
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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. 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
 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.
 
              

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