Assembly Bill A8590

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Presumptive evidence of hate crimes

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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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2009-A8590 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง485.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5254
2013-2014: A1953
2015-2016: A5661
2017-2018: A4670

2009-A8590 (ACTIVE) - Summary

States that verbally using commonly known profane slurs or biased language during the commission of specified offenses shall be presumptive evidence of a hate crime.

2009-A8590 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A8590 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8590

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to presumptive evidence of
  hate crimes

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

  Section  1. Section 485.05 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. DURING THE COMMISSION OF A SPECIFIED OFFENSE, IT SHALL BE  PRESUMP-
TIVE EVIDENCE OF A HATE CRIME WHEN THE OFFENDER VERBALLY UTILIZES ANY OF
THE COMMONLY KNOWN PROFANE SLURS OR BIASED LANGUAGE USED TO DESCRIBE THE
RACE,  COLOR,  NATIONAL  ORIGIN,  ANCESTRY,  GENDER, RELIGION, RELIGIOUS
PRACTICE, AGE, DISABILITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF THE VICTIM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11978-01-9

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