| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2010 |
print number 8206a |
| Jun 24, 2010 |
amend and recommit to rules |
| Jun 16, 2010 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8206A
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2009-S8206 - Details
2009-S8206 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S8206
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the use of coercion
to expose immigration status as a misdemeanor offense
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To provide for the effective
prosecution of criminal actions by actors whose intended purpose is
to coerce an individual by threatening to expose immigration status.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISION:
Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section
135.60 of the penal law, is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to
read as follows:
10. Expose immigration status, regardless of the actor's knowledge of
such status.
Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of section 135.65 of the
penal law is amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as
follows:
(d) Expose his or her immigration status.
2009-S8206 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8206
I N S E N A T E
June 16, 2010
___________
Introduced by Sen. ESPADA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the use of
coercion to expose immigration status as a misdemeanor offense
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 135.60 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 426 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new subdi-
vision 10 is added to read as follows:
9. Perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit
the actor but which is calculated to harm another person materially with
respect to his or her health, safety, business, calling, career, finan-
cial condition, reputation or personal relationships[.]; OR
10. EXPOSE IMMIGRATION STATUS, REGARDLESS OF THE ACTOR'S KNOWLEDGE OF
SUCH STATUS.
S 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 135.65 of the penal
law, as amended by chapter 426 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new
paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
(c) Violate his or her duty as a public servant[.]; OR
(D) EXPOSE HIS OR HER OWN IMMIGRATION STATUS.
S 3. 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.
LBD17731-01-0
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2009-S8206A (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S8206A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S8206A
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the use of coercion
to expose immigration status as a misdemeanor offense
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To provide for the effective
prosecution of criminal actions by actors whose intended purpose is
to coerce an individual by threatening to expose immigration status.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section
135.60 of the penal law, is amended by adding a new subdivision 10
to read as follows:
10. Reveal or disclose such person's immigration status to a federal,
state or local law enforcement agency or federal immigration authority.
JUSTIFICATION:
In New York State coercion in the second degree is when a person
compels or induces another person to engage in conduct which the
latter has a legal right to abstain from engaging in, or to abstain
from engaging in conduct which he or she has a legal light to engage,
by mean of instilling in him a fear that, if the demand is not
2009-S8206A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8206--A
I N S E N A T E
June 16, 2010
___________
Introduced by Sens. ESPADA, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the use of
coercion to expose immigration status as a misdemeanor offense
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 135.60 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 426 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new subdi-
vision 10 is added to read as follows:
9. Perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit
the actor but which is calculated to harm another person materially with
respect to his or her health, safety, business, calling, career, finan-
cial condition, reputation or personal relationships[.]; OR
10. REVEAL OR DISCLOSE SUCH PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS TO A FEDERAL,
STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next
succeeding 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.
LBD17731-02-0
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