Senate Bill S7320

                             
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                                   7320
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK  --  read  twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing  the  penalties
   for  certain crimes involving tampering with a witness or intimidating
   a victim or witness

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The closing paragraph of section 215.11 of the penal law,
 as added by chapter 664 of the laws of  1982,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Tampering with a witness in the third degree is a class [E] D felony.
   §  2.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 215.12 of the penal law, as
 added by chapter 664 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
   Tampering with a witness in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
   § 3. The closing paragraph of section 215.15  of  the  penal  law,  as
 added by chapter 667 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   Intimidating  a victim or witness in the third degree is a class [E] D
 felony.
   § 4. The closing paragraph of section 215.16  of  the  penal  law,  as
 added by chapter 667 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   Intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree is a class [D] C
 felony.
   §  5.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the
 penal law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 94 of the  laws  of  2020
 and  paragraph  (c)  as  amended by chapter 134 of the laws of 2019, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
 class  B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
 vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined  in  section  125.21,
 aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the  second  degree as defined in section

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emer-
 gency medical  services  professional  as  defined  in  section  120.08,
 assault  on  a  judge  as defined in section 120.09, gang assault in the
 second  degree  as defined in section 120.06, strangulation in the first
 degree as defined in section 121.13, aggravated strangulation as defined
 in section 121.13-a, burglary in the second degree as defined in section
 140.25, robbery in the second  degree  as  defined  in  section  160.10,
 TAMPERING  WITH  A  WITNESS  IN  THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 215.12, INTIMIDATING A VICTIM OR WITNESS IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION 215.16, criminal possession of a weapon in the second  degree
 as  defined  in  section 265.03, criminal use of a firearm in the second
 degree as defined in section 265.08, criminal sale of a firearm  in  the
 second  degree  as defined in section 265.12, criminal sale of a firearm
 with the aid of a minor as defined in section 265.14, aggravated  crimi-
 nal  possession  of a weapon as defined in section 265.19, soliciting or
 providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree as defined
 in section 490.15, hindering prosecution  of  terrorism  in  the  second
 degree as defined in section 490.30, and criminal possession of a chemi-
 cal  weapon  or  biological  weapon  in  the  third degree as defined in
 section 490.37.
   (c) Class D violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
 class C felonies set forth in paragraph (b); reckless assault of a child
 as defined in section 120.02, assault in the second degree as defined in
 section 120.05, menacing a police officer or peace officer as defined in
 section  120.18, stalking in the first degree, as defined in subdivision
 one of section 120.60, strangulation in the second degree as defined  in
 section  121.12, rape in the second degree as defined in section 130.30,
 criminal sexual act in the second degree as defined in  section  130.45,
 sexual abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.65, course of
 sexual  conduct  against  a  child  in  the  second degree as defined in
 section 130.80, aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree  as  defined
 in  section  130.66,  facilitating  a  sex  offense  with  a  controlled
 substance as defined in section 130.90, labor trafficking as defined  in
 paragraphs  (a) and (b) of subdivision three of section 135.35, criminal
 possession of a weapon in the third degree  as  defined  in  subdivision
 five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten of section 265.02, criminal sale of
 a  firearm  in  the third degree as defined in section 265.11, TAMPERING
 WITH A WITNESS IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 215.11,  intim-
 idating  a  victim or witness in the [second] THIRD degree as defined in
 section [215.16] 215.15, soliciting or providing support for an  act  of
 terrorism  in the second degree as defined in section 490.10, and making
 a terroristic threat as defined in section 490.20, falsely reporting  an
 incident  in  the  first  degree as defined in section 240.60, placing a
 false bomb or hazardous substance in the  first  degree  as  defined  in
 section  240.62, placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in a sports
 stadium or arena, mass transportation facility or enclosed shopping mall
 as defined in section 240.63, aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyro-
 technics in the first degree as defined in section 405.18, and  criminal
 manufacture,  sale,  or  transport  of an undetectable firearm, rifle or
 shotgun as defined in section 265.50.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.