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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Senate Bill S4811
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 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
2021-S4811 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S4811 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4811 SPONSOR: REICHLIN-MELNICK TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to hate crimes SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill adds the crime of making graffiti to the list of specified hate crimes. Making graffiti is currently a class A misdemea- nor. Adding this criminal offense to the hate crime statute would elevate the penalty by one degree, to a class E felony, when graffiti is made that targets a person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orien- tation of a person. Section 2 states that this bill shall take effect on the first of Novem- ber next succeeding the date on which it shall become law. JUSTIFICATION:
2021-S4811 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4811 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 12, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- 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 hate crimes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by section 3 of part R of chapter 55 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following provisions of this chapter: section 120.00 (assault in the third degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.10 (assault in the first degree); section 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old); section 120.13 (menacing in the first degree); section 120.14 (menacing in the second degree); section 120.15 (menacing in the third degree); section 120.20 (reckless endan- germent in the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless endangerment in the first degree); section 121.12 (strangulation in the second degree); section 121.13 (strangulation in the first degree); subdivision one of section 125.15 (manslaughter in the second degree); subdivision one, two or four of section 125.20 (manslaughter in the first degree); section 125.25 (murder in the second degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the fourth degree); section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section 120.55 (stalking in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the first degree); subdivision one of section 130.35 (rape in the first degree); subdivision one of section 130.50 (criminal sexual act in the first degree); subdivision one of section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the first degree); paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 130.67 (aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree); paragraph (a) of subdi- vision one of section 130.70 (aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree); section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment in the second degree); section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the first degree); section EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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