Assembly Bill A5608

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 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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2019-A5608 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2625
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §459-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7871
2017-2018: A1330, S6293

2019-A5608 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-A5608 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5608
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT, GLICK, JAFFEE, D'URSO,
   BARRON, COLTON, TAYLOR -- 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.
                                                            LBD00871-01-9

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