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.
                                                                   LBD17057-01-0

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     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 a

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     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.

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     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.
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