Bill Text: NY A10933 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates offenses against law enforcement officers as hate crimes and designates making graffiti as a specified offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-17 - referred to codes [A10933 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10933-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10933 IN ASSEMBLY August 17, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Ra) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to designating offenses against law enforcement officers as hate crimes and makes graffiti a hate crime The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 2 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws 3 of 2019, are amended to read as follows: 4 (a) intentionally selects the person against whom the offense is 5 committed or intended to be committed in whole or in substantial part 6 because of a belief or perception regarding (i) the race, color, 7 national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, reli- 8 gion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a 9 person or (ii) because of actual or perceived employment as a law 10 enforcement officer, regardless of whether the belief or perception is 11 correct, or 12 (b) intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the offense in 13 whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding 14 (i) the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity 15 or expression, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual 16 orientation of a person or (ii) because of actual or perceived employ- 17 ment as a law enforcement officer, regardless of whether the belief or 18 perception is correct. 19 2. Proof of race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender 20 identity or expression, religion, religious practice, age, disability or 21 sexual orientation or employment as a law enforcement officer of the 22 defendant, the victim or of both the defendant and the victim does not, 23 by itself, constitute legally sufficient evidence satisfying the 24 people's burden under paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision one of this 25 section. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD17057-01-0A. 10933 2 1 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by 2 section 9 of part NN of chapter 55 of the laws of 2018, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following 5 provisions of this chapter: section 120.00 (assault in the third 6 degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.10 7 (assault in the first degree); section 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a 8 person less than eleven years old); section 120.13 (menacing in the 9 first degree); section 120.14 (menacing in the second degree); section 10 120.15 (menacing in the third degree); section 120.20 (reckless endan- 11 germent in the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless endangerment in 12 the first degree); section 121.12 (strangulation in the second degree); 13 section 121.13 (strangulation in the first degree); subdivision one of 14 section 125.15 (manslaughter in the second degree); subdivision one, two 15 or four of section 125.20 (manslaughter in the first degree); section 16 125.25 (murder in the second degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the 17 fourth degree); section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section 18 120.55 (stalking in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the 19 first degree); subdivision one of section 130.35 (rape in the first 20 degree); subdivision one of section 130.50 (criminal sexual act in the 21 first degree); subdivision one of section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the 22 first degree); paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 130.67 23 (aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree); paragraph (a) of subdi- 24 vision one of section 130.70 (aggravated sexual abuse in the first 25 degree); section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment in the second degree); 26 section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the first degree); section 27 135.20 (kidnapping in the second degree); section 135.25 (kidnapping in 28 the first degree); section 135.60 (coercion in the third degree); 29 section 135.61 (coercion in the second degree); section 135.65 (coercion 30 in the first degree); section 140.10 (criminal trespass in the third 31 degree); section 140.15 (criminal trespass in the second degree); 32 section 140.17 (criminal trespass in the first degree); section 140.20 33 (burglary in the third degree); section 140.25 (burglary in the second 34 degree); section 140.30 (burglary in the first degree); section 145.00 35 (criminal mischief in the fourth degree); section 145.05 (criminal 36 mischief in the third degree); section 145.10 (criminal mischief in the 37 second degree); section 145.12 (criminal mischief in the first degree); 38 section 145.60 (making graffiti); section 150.05 (arson in the fourth 39 degree); section 150.10 (arson in the third degree); section 150.15 40 (arson in the second degree); section 150.20 (arson in the first 41 degree); section 155.25 (petit larceny); section 155.30 (grand larceny 42 in the fourth degree); section 155.35 (grand larceny in the third 43 degree); section 155.40 (grand larceny in the second degree); section 44 155.42 (grand larceny in the first degree); section 160.05 (robbery in 45 the third degree); section 160.10 (robbery in the second degree); 46 section 160.15 (robbery in the first degree); section 240.25 (harassment 47 in the first degree); subdivision one[,] or two [or four] of section 48 240.30 (aggravated harassment in the second degree); or any attempt or 49 conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses. 50 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by 51 section 3 of part R of chapter 55 of the laws of 2020, is amended to 52 read as follows: 53 3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following 54 provisions of this chapter: section 120.00 (assault in the third 55 degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.10 56 (assault in the first degree); section 120.12 (aggravated assault upon aA. 10933 3 1 person less than eleven years old); section 120.13 (menacing in the 2 first degree); section 120.14 (menacing in the second degree); section 3 120.15 (menacing in the third degree); section 120.20 (reckless endan- 4 germent in the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless endangerment in 5 the first degree); section 121.12 (strangulation in the second degree); 6 section 121.13 (strangulation in the first degree); subdivision one of 7 section 125.15 (manslaughter in the second degree); subdivision one, two 8 or four of section 125.20 (manslaughter in the first degree); section 9 125.25 (murder in the second degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the 10 fourth degree); section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section 11 120.55 (stalking in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the 12 first degree); subdivision one of section 130.35 (rape in the first 13 degree); subdivision one of section 130.50 (criminal sexual act in the 14 first degree); subdivision one of section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the 15 first degree); paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 130.67 16 (aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree); paragraph (a) of subdi- 17 vision one of section 130.70 (aggravated sexual abuse in the first 18 degree); section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment in the second degree); 19 section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the first degree); section 20 135.20 (kidnapping in the second degree); section 135.25 (kidnapping in 21 the first degree); section 135.60 (coercion in the third degree); 22 section 135.61 (coercion in the second degree); section 135.65 (coercion 23 in the first degree); section 140.10 (criminal trespass in the third 24 degree); section 140.15 (criminal trespass in the second degree); 25 section 140.17 (criminal trespass in the first degree); section 140.20 26 (burglary in the third degree); section 140.25 (burglary in the second 27 degree); section 140.30 (burglary in the first degree); section 145.00 28 (criminal mischief in the fourth degree); section 145.05 (criminal 29 mischief in the third degree); section 145.10 (criminal mischief in the 30 second degree); section 145.12 (criminal mischief in the first degree); 31 section 145.60 (making graffiti); section 150.05 (arson in the fourth 32 degree); section 150.10 (arson in the third degree); section 150.15 33 (arson in the second degree); section 150.20 (arson in the first 34 degree); section 155.25 (petit larceny); section 155.30 (grand larceny 35 in the fourth degree); section 155.35 (grand larceny in the third 36 degree); section 155.40 (grand larceny in the second degree); section 37 155.42 (grand larceny in the first degree); section 160.05 (robbery in 38 the third degree); section 160.10 (robbery in the second degree); 39 section 160.15 (robbery in the first degree); section 240.25 (harassment 40 in the first degree); subdivision one[,] or two [or four] of section 41 240.30 (aggravated harassment in the second degree); section 490.10 42 (soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second 43 degree); section 490.15 (soliciting or providing support for an act of 44 terrorism in the first degree); section 490.20 (making a terroristic 45 threat); section 490.25 (crime of terrorism); section 490.30 (hindering 46 prosecution of terrorism in the second degree); section 490.35 (hinder- 47 ing prosecution of terrorism in the first degree); section 490.37 (crim- 48 inal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third 49 degree); section 490.40 (criminal possession of a chemical weapon or 50 biological weapon in the second degree); section 490.45 (criminal 51 possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the first 52 degree); section 490.47 (criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological 53 weapon in the third degree); section 490.50 (criminal use of a chemical 54 weapon or biological weapon in the second degree); section 490.55 (crim- 55 inal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the first degree); 56 or any attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses.A. 10933 4 1 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that 2 the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 485.05 of the penal law made 3 by section three of this act shall take effect on the same date and in 4 the same manner as section 3 of part R of chapter 55 of the laws of 5 2020, takes effect.