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Assembly Bill A6347

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to increased penalties for falsely reporting a hate crime

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2019-A6347 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§240.55 & 485.05, Pen L

2019-A6347 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes falsely reporting a hate crime in the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree.

2019-A6347 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6347
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  increased  penalties  for
   falsely reporting a hate crime
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 240.55 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  ALLEGES  IN  SUCH  REPORTING  THAT A HATE CRIME OCCURRED AGAINST A
 PERSON BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY,  GENDER,  GENDER
 IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, RELIGION, RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, AGE, DISABILITY OR
 SEXUAL ORIENTATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 485.05 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Section 485.05 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  A  PERSON  COMMITS  FALSELY  REPORTING AN INCIDENT IN THE SECOND
 DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 240.55 OF THE PENAL LAW, WHEN, KNOWING  THE
 INFORMATION REPORTED, CONVEYED OR CIRCULATED TO BE FALSE OR BASELESS, HE
 OR SHE ALLEGES THAT A HATE CRIME OCCURRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10144-02-9

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