Assembly Bill A6263A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Categorizes hate crimes as serious offenses in relation to possession of firearms; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6263 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2361
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §265.00 sub 17 ¶(b), amd §265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7547

2019-A6263 - Summary

Categorizes hate crimes as serious offenses in relation to possession of firearms.

2019-A6263 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6263
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to categorizing hate crimes
   as serious offenses in relation  to  possession  of  firearms  and  to
   repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. (a) As the New York state legislature
 found in enacting the Hate Crimes Act of 2000, "The intolerable truth is
 that in these crimes, commonly and justly referred to as 'hate  crimes',
 victims  are  intentionally  selected,  in  whole or in part, because of
 their race, color, national origin, ancestry,  gender,  religion,  reli-
 gious  practice,  age,  disability or sexual orientation. Hate crimes do
 more than threaten the safety and welfare of all citizens. They  inflict
 on  victims  incalculable  physical and emotional damage and tear at the
 very fabric of free society. Crimes motivated by invidious hatred toward
 particular groups not only harm individual victims but send  a  powerful
 message of intolerance and discrimination to all members of the group to
 which  the victim belongs. Hate crimes can and do intimidate and disrupt
 entire communities and vitiate the civility that is essential to healthy
 democratic processes."
   (b) The pernicious harm of hate crimes  on  targeted  individuals  and
 communities  is  compounded  by the use of firearms to threaten and harm
 the victims. According to one recent analysis, between  2010  and  2015,
 there  were  roughly  46,500  hate crimes committed in the United States
 that involved a gun. The threat of a gun from dangerous extremists sends
 a clear message that they not only  harbor  feelings  of  bias  or  hate
 against  a  particular  group, but also that they are willing to kill in
 service of this ideology. Keeping guns out of the hands  of  individuals
 who perpetrate hate crimes is therefore a crucial measure to help ensure
 the safety of groups that have historically been targeted. Current state
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-A6263A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2361
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §265.00 sub 17 ¶(b), amd §265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7547

2019-A6263A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Categorizes hate crimes as serious offenses in relation to possession of firearms.

2019-A6263A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6263--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER, D'URSO, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, BLAKE, ORTIZ --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the
   Committee  on  Codes  in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to categorizing hate crimes
   as serious offenses in relation  to  possession  of  firearms  and  to
   repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. (a) As the New York state legislature
 found in enacting the Hate Crimes Act of 2000, "The intolerable truth is
 that in these crimes, commonly and justly referred to as 'hate  crimes',
 victims  are  intentionally  selected,  in  whole or in part, because of
 their race, color, national origin, ancestry,  gender,  religion,  reli-
 gious  practice,  age,  disability or sexual orientation. Hate crimes do
 more than threaten the safety and welfare of all citizens. They  inflict
 on  victims  incalculable  physical and emotional damage and tear at the
 very fabric of free society. Crimes motivated by invidious hatred toward
 particular groups not only harm individual victims but send  a  powerful
 message of intolerance and discrimination to all members of the group to
 which  the victim belongs. Hate crimes can and do intimidate and disrupt
 entire communities and vitiate the civility that is essential to healthy
 democratic processes."
   (b) The pernicious harm of hate crimes  on  targeted  individuals  and
 communities  is  compounded  by the use of firearms to threaten and harm
 the victims. According to one recent analysis, between  2010  and  2015,
 there  were  roughly  46,500  hate crimes committed in the United States
 that involved a gun. The threat of a gun from dangerous extremists sends
 a clear message that they not only  harbor  feelings  of  bias  or  hate
 against  a  particular  group, but also that they are willing to kill in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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