assembly Bill A7940

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Includes hate crimes in the list of offenses as to which the court has discretion to release the principal pending trial, fix bail or commit the principal to the custody of the sheriff; repealer

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022 referred to codes
Jun 02, 2021 referred to codes

A7940 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §510.10 sub 4 ¶(m), §530.20 sub 1 ¶(b) sub¶ (xiii), §530.40 sub 4 ¶(m), amd §§510.10, 530.20 & 530.40, CP L

A7940 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes hate crimes in the list of offenses as to which the court has discretion to release the principal pending trial, fix bail or commit the principal to the custody of the sheriff.

A7940 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7940
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to including
   hate crimes in the  list  of  offenses  as  to  which  the  court  has
   discretion  to release the principal pending trial, fix bail or commit
   the principal to the custody of the sheriff;  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. Paragraph (m) of subdivision 4 of  section  510.10  of  the
 criminal  procedure  law is REPEALED and a new paragraph (m) is added to
 read as follows:
   (M) ANY OFFENSE CLASSIFIED AND CHARGED AS A HATE CRIME  UNDER  ARTICLE
 FOUR  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF THE PENAL LAW, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH
 CRIME IS A MISDEMEANOR OR A FELONY;
   § 2. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of  section
 530.20  of the criminal procedure law is REPEALED and a new subparagraph
 (xiii) is added to read as follows:
   (XIII) ANY OFFENSE CLASSIFIED AND CHARGED AS A HATE CRIME UNDER  ARTI-
 CLE  FOUR  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF THE PENAL LAW, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
 SUCH CRIME IS A MISDEMEANOR OR A FELONY;
   § 3. Paragraph (m) of subdivision 4 of section 530.40 of the  criminal
 procedure  law  is  REPEALED and a new paragraph (m) is added to read as
 follows:
   (M) ANY OFFENSE CLASSIFIED AND CHARGED AS A HATE CRIME  UNDER  ARTICLE
 FOUR  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF THE PENAL LAW, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH
 CRIME IS A MISDEMEANOR OR A FELONY;
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11238-01-1