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Senate Bill S6176

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the district attorney to file information with the accusatory instrument when certain crimes are committed against a woman and it is not charged as a hate crime

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2025-S6176 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §100.65, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2788
2011-2012: S3436
2013-2014: S3204
2015-2016: S2892
2017-2018: S2855
2019-2020: S3259
2021-2022: S2932
2023-2024: S7270

2025-S6176 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the district attorney to file information with the accusatory instrument when certain crimes are committed against a female and it is not charged as a hate crime.

2025-S6176 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6176 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6176
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to filing infor-
   mation with the accusatory instrument where the district attorney does
   not charge a person with  a  hate  crime  when  certain  offenses  are
   committed against female victims
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The criminal procedure law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 100.65 to read as follows:
 § 100.65 REPORTING BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN CERTAIN CASES.
   1.  WHEN A SPECIFIED OFFENSE IS COMMITTED AGAINST A FEMALE VICTIM, THE
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHALL SET FORTH THEIR REASONING FOR NOT  CHARGING  THE
 DEFENDANT  WITH  A  HATE  CRIME PROSECUTABLE UNDER SECTION 485.05 OF THE
 PENAL LAW.
   2. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 FILED WITH THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 1.20 OF THIS
 CHAPTER.
   3. A "SPECIFIED OFFENSE" IS AN OFFENSE DEFINED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
 PROVISIONS  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW:  SECTION  120.00  (ASSAULT IN THE THIRD
 DEGREE); SECTION 120.05 (ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE);  SECTION  120.10
 (ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.12 (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A
 PERSON  LESS  THAN  ELEVEN  YEARS  OLD); SECTION 120.13 (MENACING IN THE
 FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.14 (MENACING IN THE SECOND  DEGREE);  SECTION
 120.15  (MENACING  IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 120.20 (RECKLESS ENDAN-
 GERMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 120.25 (RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT  IN
 THE  FIRST  DEGREE);  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 125.15 (MANSLAUGHTER IN
 THE SECOND DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE,  TWO  OR  FOUR  OF  SECTION  125.20
 (MANSLAUGHTER IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 125.25 (MURDER IN THE SECOND
 DEGREE);  SECTION 120.45 (STALKING IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 120.50
 (STALKING IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 120.55 (STALKING IN  THE  SECOND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10610-01-5

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