Bill Text: NY A01134 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes enhanced penalties for coercive threats to expose immigration status of witnesses and domestic violence victims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-12-22 - enacting clause stricken [A01134 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A01134-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1134 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing enhanced penalties for threatening to expose a witness or a domestic violence victim's immigration status The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 70.11 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 70.11 Sentences of imprisonment for domestic violence; aggravating 4 factors. 5 In matters divested to a criminal court under section eight hundred 6 twelve of the family court act, or where such court exercises concurrent 7 jurisdiction under such section and in matters referred to a criminal 8 court under article six-A of the social services law, where the respond- 9 ent threatens to expose a witness or a victim's immigration status in 10 order to coerce such victim or witness or conceal such offense, shall 11 result in the following enhancement of such sentence: 12 (a) For offenses committed under section 120.00 of this chapter, the 13 sentence shall reflect a class E felony; 14 (b) For offenses committed under section 120.05 of this chapter, the 15 sentence shall reflect a class C felony; 16 (c) For offenses committed under section 120.10 of this chapter, the 17 sentence shall reflect a class A felony; 18 (d) For offenses committed under section 120.13 of this chapter, the 19 sentence shall reflect a class D felony; 20 (e) For offenses committed under section 120.14 of this chapter, the 21 sentence shall reflect a class E felony; 22 (f) For offenses committed under section 120.15 of this chapter, the 23 sentence shall reflect a class A misdemeanor; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02487-01-3A. 1134 2 1 (g) For offenses committed under section 120.20 of this chapter, the 2 sentence shall reflect a class E felony; 3 (h) For offenses committed under section 120.25 of this chapter, the 4 sentence shall reflect a class C felony; 5 (i) For offenses committed under section 120.45 of this chapter, the 6 sentence shall reflect a class A misdemeanor; 7 (j) For offenses committed under section 120.50 of this chapter, the 8 sentence shall reflect a class E felony; 9 (k) For offenses committed under section 120.55 of this chapter, the 10 sentence shall reflect a class D felony; 11 (l) For offenses committed under section 120.60 of this chapter, the 12 sentence shall reflect a class C felony; 13 (m) For offenses committed under section 121.11 of this chapter, the 14 sentence shall reflect a class E felony; 15 (n) For offenses committed under section 121.12 of this chapter, the 16 sentence shall reflect a class C felony; 17 (o) For offenses committed under section 121.13 of this chapter, the 18 sentence shall reflect a class B felony; 19 (p) For offenses committed under section 130.25 of this chapter, the 20 sentence shall reflect a class D felony; 21 (q) For offenses committed under section 130.30 of this chapter, the 22 sentence shall reflect a class C felony; 23 (r) For offenses committed under section 130.35 of this chapter, the 24 sentence shall reflect a class A felony; 25 (s) For offenses committed under section 130.40 of this chapter, the 26 sentence shall reflect a class D felony; 27 (t) For offenses committed under section 130.45 of this chapter, the 28 sentence shall reflect a class C felony; 29 (u) For offenses committed under section 130.50 of this chapter, the 30 sentence shall reflect a class A felony; 31 (v) For offenses committed under section 130.55 of this chapter, the 32 sentence shall reflect a class A misdemeanor; 33 (w) For offenses committed under section 130.60 of this chapter, the 34 sentence shall reflect a class E felony; 35 (x) For offenses committed under section 130.65 of this chapter, the 36 sentence shall reflect a class C felony; 37 (y) For offenses committed under section 130.65-a of this chapter, the 38 sentence shall reflect a class D felony; 39 (z) For offenses committed under section 130.66 of this chapter, the 40 sentence shall reflect a class C felony; 41 (aa) For offenses committed under section 130.67 of this chapter, the 42 sentence shall reflect a class B felony; 43 (bb) For offenses committed under section 130.70 of this chapter, the 44 sentence shall reflect a class A felony; 45 (cc) For offenses committed under section 135.05 of this chapter, the 46 sentence shall reflect a class E felony; 47 (dd) For offenses committed under section 135.10 of this chapter, the 48 sentence shall reflect a class D felony; 49 (ee) For offenses committed under section 135.20 of this chapter, the 50 sentence shall reflect a class A felony; 51 (ff) For offenses committed under section 135.45 of this chapter, the 52 sentence shall reflect a class E felony; 53 (gg) For offenses committed under section 135.50 of this chapter, the 54 sentence shall reflect a class D felony. 55 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
