Assembly Bill A5091

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes community centers with a religious affiliation in the definition of public place for purposes of offenses against public order

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A5091 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§240.00 & 485.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6739
2019-2020: A2491
2021-2022: A2636

2023-A5091 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes community centers with a religious affiliation in the definition of public place for purposes of offenses against public order; includes falsely reporting an incident and placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the definition of specified offense for the purposes of hate crimes.

2023-A5091 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5091
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law,  in relation to including community
   centers with a religious affiliation in the definition of public place
   for purposes of offenses against public order  and  including  falsely
   reporting  an incident and placing a false bomb or hazardous substance
   in the definition of specified offense for the purpose of hate crimes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  240.00  of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 167 of the laws  of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  "Public  place" means a place to which the public or a substantial
 group of persons has access, and includes, but is not limited to,  high-
 ways,  transportation  facilities,  schools, places of amusement, parks,
 playgrounds, community centers WITH A RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION,  and  hall-
 ways,  lobbies  and  other  portions  of apartment houses and hotels not
 constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence.
   § 2. 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02736-01-3

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