senate Bill S5387

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to extortion or coercion related to immigration status

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018 referred to codes
Mar 24, 2017 referred to codes

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S5387 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6728
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§135.60 & 155.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3298, A2144
2021-2022: S343, A3412

S5387 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to extortion or coercion related to immigration status.

S5387 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5387 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  5387

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 24, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee 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

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