assembly Bill A1202

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Mandates training or counseling in hate crime prevention and education for individuals convicted of hate

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    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 22, 2022 signed chap.624
Nov 21, 2022 delivered to governor
May 24, 2022 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.1360
substituted for s6570
Jan 12, 2022 referred to codes
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Jan 05, 2022 ordered to third reading cal.69
returned to assembly
died in senate
May 10, 2021 referred to codes
delivered to senate
passed assembly
May 06, 2021 advanced to third reading cal.290
May 04, 2021 reported
Jan 07, 2021 referred to codes

Votes

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May 24, 2022 - floor Vote

A1202
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Floor Vote: May 24, 2022

aye (61)
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A1202 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6570
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §485.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10958

A1202 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that in addition to other penalties, individuals convicted of hate crimes shall undergo mandatory training or counseling in hate crime prevention and education.

A1202 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1202
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, EICHENSTEIN, DICKENS, ROZIC,
   GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to mandated training or coun-
   seling  in  hate  crime  prevention  and  education  for   individuals
   convicted of hate crimes

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 485.10 of the penal law, as  added
 by chapter 158 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  In addition to any of the dispositions authorized by this chapter,
 the court [may] SHALL require as part of the  sentence  imposed  upon  a
 person  convicted  of  a  hate  crime pursuant to this article, that the
 defendant complete a program, training  session  or  counseling  session
 directed  at hate crime prevention and education, where the court deter-
 mines such program, training session or counseling session is  appropri-
 ate,  available  and  was  developed or authorized by the court or local
 agencies in cooperation with organizations serving the affected communi-
 ty.
   § 2. 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.
                                                            LBD05687-01-1