Senate Bill S6283

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to enhancing penalties and protecting victims of crimes of domestic violence

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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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2021-S6283 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pen L, generally; amd §510.30, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6773
2013-2014: S4091
2015-2016: S839
2017-2018: S294
2019-2020: S75
2023-2024: S2527

2021-S6283 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enhancing penalties and protecting victims of crimes of domestic violence.

2021-S6283 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6283 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6283
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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 enhancing  punishment  for
   crimes  involving  domestic violence; and to amend the criminal proce-
   dure law, in relation to the consideration  of  certain  factors  when
   determining the issuance of an order of recognizance or bail
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of  section  240.30  of  the  penal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  188  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. He or she commits the crime of harassment in the  first  degree  OR
 SECOND  DEGREE and has previously been convicted of the crime of harass-
 ment in the first degree OR SECOND DEGREE as defined by  section  240.25
 OR 240.26 of this article within the preceding ten years.
   §  2.  The section heading, opening paragraph and closing paragraph of
 section 240.31 of the penal law, the section heading and  closing  para-
 graph as amended by chapter 49 of the laws of 2006 and the opening para-
 graph  as  amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read
 as follows:
   [Aggravated] BIAS RELATED AGGRAVATED harassment [in the first degree].
   A person is guilty of BIAS RELATED aggravated harassment [in the first
 degree] when with intent to harass, annoy,  threaten  or  alarm  another
 person,  because of a belief or perception regarding such person's race,
 color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression,
 religion, religious practice, age,  disability  or  sexual  orientation,
 regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, he or she:
   [Aggravated]  BIAS RELATED AGGRAVATED harassment [in the first degree]
 is a class E felony.
   § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.29  to  read
 as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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