assembly Bill A6728

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to extortion or coercion related to immigration status

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018 ordered to third reading cal.468
Jun 13, 2017 ordered to third reading rules cal.226
rules report cal.226
reported
Jun 06, 2017 reported referred to rules
Mar 16, 2017 referred to codes

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A6728 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5387
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§135.60 & 155.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A2144, S3298
2021-2022: A3412, S343

A6728 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to extortion or coercion related to immigration status.

A6728 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  6728

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  extortion  or  coercion
  related to immigration status

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of  section  135.60  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  426  of  the  laws  of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  4. Accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges OR DEPORTA-
TION PROCEEDINGS to be instituted against him or her; or
  § 2. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (e) of subdivision  2  of  section
155.05 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
  (iv) Accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges OR DEPOR-
TATION PROCEEDINGS to be instituted against him OR HER; or
  §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10223-01-7