Assembly Bill A7178

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to enhancing penalties and protecting victims of crimes of domestic violence

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  • 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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2013-A7178 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4091
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§240.30, 240.31, 120.05, 121.12, 120.13, 215.51, 60.35, 215.52 & 70.02, add §240.29, Pen L; amd §510.30, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6773
2015-2016: S839
2017-2018: S294
2019-2020: S75
2021-2022: S6283
2023-2024: S2527

2013-A7178 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enhancing penalties and protecting victims of crimes of domestic violence.

2013-A7178 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7178

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to enhancing punishment for
  crimes involving domestic violence; and to amend the  criminal  proce-
  dure  law,  in  relation  to the consideration of certain factors when
  determining the issuance of an order of recognizance or bail

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  240.30  of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 510 of the laws of 2008 and as renumbered by  section
4  of  part  D of chapter 491 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
follows:
  5. Commits the crime of harassment  in  the  first  degree  OR  SECOND
DEGREE  and  has previously been convicted of the crime of harassment in
the first degree OR SECOND DEGREE as defined by section 240.25 OR 240.26
of this article within the preceding ten years.
  S 2. The section heading, opening paragraph and closing  paragraph  of
section 240.31 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 49 of the laws of
2006, are amended to read as follows:
  [Aggravated] BIAS RELATED AGGRAVATED harassment [in the first degree].
  A person is guilty of BIAS RELATED aggravated harassment [in the first
degree]  when  with  intent  to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another
person, because of a belief or perception regarding such person's  race,
color,  national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice,
age, disability or sexual orientation, regardless of whether the  belief
or perception is correct, he or she:
  [Aggravated]  BIAS RELATED AGGRAVATED harassment [in the first degree]
is a class E felony.
  S 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.29  to  read
as follows:
S 240.29 AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09634-01-3
              

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