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A02964 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2964
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 1, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. RA, BRABENEC, DURSO, GANDOLFO, PALMESANO -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal  law,  in  relation  to  designating  offenses
          against  law  enforcement officers as hate crimes and makes graffiti a
          hate crime

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2
     2  of section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 8 of the  laws
     3  of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  intentionally  selects  the  person  against  whom the offense is
     5  committed or intended to be committed in whole or  in  substantial  part
     6  because  of  a  belief  or  perception  regarding  (i)  the race, color,
     7  national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression,  reli-
     8  gion,  religious  practice,  age,  disability or sexual orientation of a
     9  person or (ii) because of  actual  or  perceived  employment  as  a  law
    10  enforcement  officer,  regardless of whether the belief or perception is
    11  correct, or
    12    (b) intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the offense  in
    13  whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding
    14  (i)  the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity
    15  or expression, religion, religious practice, age, disability  or  sexual
    16  orientation  of  a person or (ii) because of actual or perceived employ-
    17  ment as a law enforcement officer, regardless of whether the  belief  or
    18  perception is correct.
    19    2.  Proof  of  race,  color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender
    20  identity or expression, religion, religious practice, age, disability or
    21  sexual orientation or employment as a law  enforcement  officer  of  the
    22  defendant,  the victim or of both the defendant and the victim does not,
    23  by  itself,  constitute  legally  sufficient  evidence  satisfying   the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06787-01-3

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     1  people's  burden  under  paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision one of this
     2  section.
     3    §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by
     4  section 3 of part R of chapter 55 of the laws of  2020,  is  amended  to
     5  read as follows:
     6    3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
     7  provisions  of  this  chapter:  section  120.00  (assault  in  the third
     8  degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree);  section  120.10
     9  (assault in the first degree); section 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a
    10  person  less  than  eleven  years  old); section 120.13 (menacing in the
    11  first degree); section 120.14 (menacing in the second  degree);  section
    12  120.15  (menacing  in the third degree); section 120.20 (reckless endan-
    13  germent in the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless endangerment  in
    14  the  first degree); section 121.12 (strangulation in the second degree);
    15  section 121.13 (strangulation in the first degree); subdivision  one  of
    16  section 125.15 (manslaughter in the second degree); subdivision one, two
    17  or  four  of  section 125.20 (manslaughter in the first degree); section
    18  125.25 (murder in the second degree); section 120.45  (stalking  in  the
    19  fourth  degree);  section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section
    20  120.55 (stalking in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in  the
    21  first  degree);  subdivision  one  of  section 130.35 (rape in the first
    22  degree); subdivision one of section 130.50 (criminal sexual act  in  the
    23  first  degree);  subdivision  one of section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the
    24  first degree); paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  one  of  section  130.67
    25  (aggravated  sexual abuse in the second degree); paragraph (a) of subdi-
    26  vision one of section 130.70  (aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the  first
    27  degree);  section  135.05  (unlawful imprisonment in the second degree);
    28  section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment  in  the  first  degree);  section
    29  135.20  (kidnapping in the second degree); section 135.25 (kidnapping in
    30  the first degree);  section  135.60  (coercion  in  the  third  degree);
    31  section 135.61 (coercion in the second degree); section 135.65 (coercion
    32  in  the  first  degree);  section 140.10 (criminal trespass in the third
    33  degree); section  140.15  (criminal  trespass  in  the  second  degree);
    34  section  140.17  (criminal trespass in the first degree); section 140.20
    35  (burglary in the third degree); section 140.25 (burglary in  the  second
    36  degree);  section  140.30 (burglary in the first degree); section 145.00
    37  (criminal mischief in  the  fourth  degree);  section  145.05  (criminal
    38  mischief  in the third degree); section 145.10 (criminal mischief in the
    39  second degree); section 145.12 (criminal mischief in the first  degree);
    40  section  145.60  (making  graffiti); section 150.05 (arson in the fourth
    41  degree); section 150.10 (arson in  the  third  degree);  section  150.15
    42  (arson  in  the  second  degree);  section  150.20  (arson  in the first
    43  degree); section 155.25 (petit larceny); section 155.30  (grand  larceny
    44  in  the  fourth  degree);  section  155.35  (grand  larceny in the third
    45  degree); section 155.40 (grand larceny in the  second  degree);  section
    46  155.42  (grand  larceny in the first degree); section 160.05 (robbery in
    47  the third degree);  section  160.10  (robbery  in  the  second  degree);
    48  section 160.15 (robbery in the first degree); section 240.25 (harassment
    49  in  the  first  degree);  subdivision one[,] or two [or four] of section
    50  240.30 (aggravated harassment in  the  second  degree);  section  490.10
    51  (soliciting  or  providing support for an act of terrorism in the second
    52  degree); section 490.15 (soliciting or providing support for an  act  of
    53  terrorism  in  the  first  degree); section 490.20 (making a terroristic
    54  threat); section 490.25 (crime of terrorism); section 490.30  (hindering
    55  prosecution  of terrorism in the second degree); section 490.35 (hinder-
    56  ing prosecution of terrorism in the first degree); section 490.37 (crim-

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     1  inal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in  the  third
     2  degree);  section  490.40  (criminal  possession of a chemical weapon or
     3  biological weapon  in  the  second  degree);  section  490.45  (criminal
     4  possession  of  a  chemical  weapon  or  biological  weapon in the first
     5  degree); section 490.47 (criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological
     6  weapon in the third degree); section 490.50 (criminal use of a  chemical
     7  weapon or biological weapon in the second degree); section 490.55 (crim-
     8  inal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the first degree);
     9  or any attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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