Bill Text: NY S02655 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes bias-related graffiti in hate crimes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-14 - referred to codes [S02655 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02655-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2655
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 bias-related graffiti
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  485.05  of the penal law, as
    2  amended by chapter 405 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06634-01-5
       S. 2655                             2
    1  135.20  (kidnapping in the second degree); section 135.25 (kidnapping in
    2  the first degree); section  135.60  (coercion  in  the  second  degree);
    3  section  135.65 (coercion in the first degree); section 140.10 (criminal
    4  trespass  in the third degree); section 140.15 (criminal trespass in the
    5  second degree); section 140.17 (criminal trespass in the first  degree);
    6  section  140.20 (burglary in the third degree); section 140.25 (burglary
    7  in the second degree); section 140.30 (burglary in  the  first  degree);
    8  section  145.00 (criminal mischief in the fourth degree); section 145.05
    9  (criminal mischief  in  the  third  degree);  section  145.10  (criminal
   10  mischief in the second degree); section 145.12 (criminal mischief in the
   11  first  degree);  SECTION 145.60 (MAKING GRAFFITI); section 150.05 (arson
   12  in the fourth degree); section  150.10  (arson  in  the  third  degree);
   13  section  150.15  (arson  in the second degree); section 150.20 (arson in
   14  the first degree); section 155.25 (petit larceny); section 155.30 (grand
   15  larceny in the fourth degree); section  155.35  (grand  larceny  in  the
   16  third  degree);  section  155.40  (grand  larceny in the second degree);
   17  section 155.42 (grand larceny  in  the  first  degree);  section  160.05
   18  (robbery  in  the  third  degree); section 160.10 (robbery in the second
   19  degree); section 160.15 (robbery in the first  degree);  section  240.25
   20  (harassment  in  the  first  degree);  subdivision  one,  two or four of
   21  section 240.30 (aggravated harassment in  the  second  degree);  or  any
   22  attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   24  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.