 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6590
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 9, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to hate crimes
 
          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  485.05  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  405  of  the  laws  of 2010, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
     5  provisions of  this  chapter:  section  120.00  (assault  in  the  third
     6  degree);  section  120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.10
     7  (assault in the first degree); section 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a
     8  person less than eleven years old);  section  120.13  (menacing  in  the
     9  first  degree);  section 120.14 (menacing in the second degree); section
    10  120.15 (menacing in the third degree); section 120.20  (reckless  endan-
    11  germent  in the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless endangerment in
    12  the first degree); section 121.12 (strangulation in the second  degree);
    13  section  121.13  (strangulation in the first degree); subdivision one of
    14  section 125.15 (manslaughter in the second degree); subdivision one, two
    15  or four of section 125.20 (manslaughter in the  first  degree);  section
    16  125.25  (murder  in  the second degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the
    17  fourth degree); section 120.50 (stalking in the third  degree);  section
    18  120.55  (stalking in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the
    19  first degree); subdivision one of section  130.35  (rape  in  the  first
    20  degree);  subdivision  one of section 130.50 (criminal sexual act in the
    21  first degree); subdivision one of section 130.65 (sexual  abuse  in  the
    22  first  degree);  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  one  of section 130.67
    23  (aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree); paragraph (a) of  subdi-
    24  vision  one  of  section  130.70  (aggravated  sexual abuse in the first
    25  degree); section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment in  the  second  degree);
    26  section  135.10  (unlawful  imprisonment  in  the first degree); section

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  135.20 (kidnapping in the second degree); section 135.25 (kidnapping  in
     2  the  first  degree);  section  135.60  (coercion  in the second degree);
     3  section 135.65 (coercion in the first degree); section 140.10  (criminal
     4  trespass  in the third degree); section 140.15 (criminal trespass in the
     5  second degree); section 140.17 (criminal trespass in the first  degree);
     6  section  140.20 (burglary in the third degree); section 140.25 (burglary
     7  in the second degree); section 140.30 (burglary in  the  first  degree);
     8  section  145.00 (criminal mischief in the fourth degree); section 145.05
     9  (criminal mischief  in  the  third  degree);  section  145.10  (criminal
    10  mischief in the second degree); section 145.12 (criminal mischief in the
    11  first  degree);  section 145.60 (making graffiti); section 150.05 (arson
    12  in the fourth degree); section  150.10  (arson  in  the  third  degree);
    13  section  150.15  (arson  in the second degree); section 150.20 (arson in
    14  the first degree); section 155.25 (petit larceny); section 155.30 (grand
    15  larceny in the fourth degree); section  155.35  (grand  larceny  in  the
    16  third  degree);  section  155.40  (grand  larceny in the second degree);
    17  section 155.42 (grand larceny  in  the  first  degree);  section  160.05
    18  (robbery  in  the  third  degree); section 160.10 (robbery in the second
    19  degree); section 160.15 (robbery in the first  degree);  section  240.25
    20  (harassment  in  the  first  degree);  subdivision  one,  two or four of
    21  section 240.30 (aggravated harassment in  the  second  degree);  or  any
    22  attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    24  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
Makes graffiti a hate crime

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