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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to codes |
May 06, 2019 |
reported and committed to judiciary |
Mar 11, 2019 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Jan 09, 2019 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S335
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 57th Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2019-S335 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S335 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S335 SPONSOR: AKSHAR TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to desig- nating offenses against law enforcement officers, firefighters and emer- gency medical services personnel as hate crimes PURPOSE: TO CLASSIFY ALL OFFENSES AGAINST FIRST RESPONDERS SUCH AS LAW ENFORCE- MENT OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL AS HATE CRIMES. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: SECTION 1 AMENDS SUBDIVISIONS 1, 2, AND 4 OF SECTION 485.05 OF THE PENAL LAW, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER 107 OF THE LAWS OF 2000. PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF SECTION 1, STATES THAT A PERSON HAS COMMITTED A HATE CRIME, WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS A SPECIFIED OFFENSE AND EITHER
2019-S335 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 335 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- 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 designating offenses against law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel as hate crimes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 4 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as added by chapter 107 of the laws of 2000, are amended to read as follows: 1. A person commits a hate crime when he or she commits a specified offense and either: (a) intentionally selects the person against whom the offense is committed or intended to be committed in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding (I) the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person OR (II) BECAUSE OF ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED EMPLOYMENT AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, A FIREFIGHTER OR AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, or (b) intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the offense in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding (I) the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, reli- gious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person OR (II) BECAUSE OF ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED EMPLOYMENT AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, A FIREFIGHTER OR AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct. 2. Proof of race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation OR EMPLOYMENT AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, A FIREFIGHTER OR AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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