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Assembly Bill A7871

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Expands the crimes included in domestic violence to include identity theft, grand larceny and coercion, for purposes of assistance to victims thereof

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2015-A7871 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง459-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A1330
2019-2020: A5608

2015-A7871 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the crimes included in domestic violence to include identity theft, grand larceny and coercion, for purposes of assistance to victims thereof.

2015-A7871 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7871

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 28, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  expanding  the
  crimes  included in domestic violence to include identity theft, grand
  larceny and coercion

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 459-a of the social services law,
as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  "Victim  of  domestic  violence"  means any person over the age of
sixteen, any married person or any parent  accompanied  by  his  or  her
minor  child  or  children  in  situations  in which such person or such
person's child is a victim of an act which would constitute a  violation
of the penal law, including, but not limited to acts constituting disor-
derly  conduct,  harassment,  aggravated  harassment, sexual misconduct,
forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking, criminal mischief,  menacing,
reckless endangerment, kidnapping, assault, attempted assault, attempted
murder,  criminal  obstruction  of  breathing or blood circulation, [or]
strangulation, IDENTITY THEFT, GRAND LARCENY OR COERCION; and
  (i) such act or acts have resulted in  actual  physical  or  emotional
injury  or have created a substantial risk of physical or emotional harm
to such person or such person's child; and
  (ii) such act or acts are or are alleged to have been committed  by  a
family or household member.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07587-01-5

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