assembly Bill A2144

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to extortion or coercion related to immigration status

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Jan 08, 2020 ordered to third reading cal.91
Mar 14, 2019 advanced to third reading cal.129
Mar 12, 2019 reported
Jan 22, 2019 referred to codes

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A2144 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3298
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§135.60 & 155.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6728, S5387
2021-2022: A3412, S343

A2144 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to extortion or coercion related to immigration status.

A2144 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  2144

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, BICHOTTE, SEAWRIGHT, STECK, COOK, ORTIZ,
  LAVINE,  COLTON,  PERRY, SIMON, ARROYO, BARRON, JAFFEE, HYNDMAN, NIOU,
  PICHARDO, DE LA ROSA, D'URSO, DAVILA, DICKENS, BLAKE, WILLIAMS,  JEAN-
  PIERRE, WEPRIN, MOSLEY, VANEL -- 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 section 1 of part NN of chapter 55 of the laws  of  2018,  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.
                                                           LBD05019-01-9