| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to codes |
| Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S1807
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2013-S1807 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S1807 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1807
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to the use of coercion
for the purpose of exposing a person's
immigration status
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. 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.
2013-S1807 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1807
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
___________
Introduced by Sens. ESPAILLAT, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the use of coercion for
the purpose of exposing a person's immigration status
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.
LBD05009-01-3
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