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S05302 Summary:

BILL NOS05302
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08849
 
SPONSORFERNANDEZ
 
COSPNSRADDABBO, CHU, WEBB
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 240.30, Pen L
 
Includes removal or threat of removal of religious clothing as aggravated harassment in the second degree.
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S05302 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5302
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 1, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 including removal or
          threat of removal of religious clothing as  aggravated  harassment  in
          the second degree

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of  section  240.30  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     3    3. With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person,
     4  he  or  she strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects another person
     5  to physical contact, including removing a religious clothing article  or
     6  headdress  from  such  person,  or  attempts or threatens to do the same
     7  because of a belief or perception regarding such person's  race,  color,
     8  national  origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, reli-
     9  gion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation, regard-
    10  less of whether the belief or perception is correct; or
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09843-01-3
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