Assembly Bill A2453

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes

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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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2011-A2453 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S918
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §485.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9222, S8032
2013-2014: A8275, S1148
2015-2016: A1353, S813
2017-2018: A4824
2019-2020: A643
2021-2022: A298
2023-2024: A2191

2011-A2453 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes; includes the definition of homelessness.

2011-A2453 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2453

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LANCMAN,  PHEFFER,  JAFFEE, LIFTON, BOYLAND,
  LAVINE, MAYERSOHN, WRIGHT, CLARK, JEFFRIES, MARKEY --  Multi-Sponsored
  by  -- M. of A. LUPARDO, SCHIMEL, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal  law,  in  relation  to  designating  offenses
  against homeless persons as hate crimes

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "homeless protection act".
  S  2.  Subdivisions  1, 2 and 4 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as
added by chapter 107 of the  laws  of  2000,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  A  person  commits a hate crime when he or she commits a specified
offense and either:
  (a) intentionally selects the  person  against  whom  the  offense  is
committed  or  intended  to be committed in whole or in substantial part
because of a belief or perception regarding the  race,  color,  national
origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability,
HOMELESSNESS,  or  sexual orientation of a person, regardless of whether
the belief or perception is correct, or
  (b) intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the offense  in
whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding
the  race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious
practice, age, disability, HOMELESSNESS,  or  sexual  orientation  of  a
person, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct.
  2.  Proof of race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion,
religious practice, age, disability, HOMELESSNESS, or sexual orientation
of the defendant, the victim or of both the  defendant  and  the  victim
does  not,  by itself, constitute legally sufficient evidence satisfying

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04141-01-1

              

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