 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4811
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 12, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- 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 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 section 3 of part R of chapter 55 of the  laws  of  2020,  is
     3  amended to read as 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  third  degree);
     3  section 135.61 (coercion in the second degree); section 135.65 (coercion
     4  in  the  first  degree);  section 140.10 (criminal trespass in the third
     5  degree); section  140.15  (criminal  trespass  in  the  second  degree);
     6  section  140.17  (criminal trespass in the first degree); section 140.20
     7  (burglary in the third degree); section 140.25 (burglary in  the  second
     8  degree);  section  140.30 (burglary in the first degree); section 145.00
     9  (criminal mischief in  the  fourth  degree);  section  145.05  (criminal
    10  mischief  in the third degree); section 145.10 (criminal mischief in the
    11  second degree); section 145.12 (criminal mischief in the first  degree);
    12  section  145.60  (making  graffiti); section 150.05 (arson in the fourth
    13  degree); section 150.10 (arson in  the  third  degree);  section  150.15
    14  (arson  in  the  second  degree);  section  150.20  (arson  in the first
    15  degree); section 155.25 (petit larceny); section 155.30  (grand  larceny
    16  in  the  fourth  degree);  section  155.35  (grand  larceny in the third
    17  degree); section 155.40 (grand larceny in the  second  degree);  section
    18  155.42  (grand  larceny in the first degree); section 160.05 (robbery in
    19  the third degree);  section  160.10  (robbery  in  the  second  degree);
    20  section 160.15 (robbery in the first degree); section 240.25 (harassment
    21  in  the  first  degree);  subdivision one[,] or two [or four] of section
    22  240.30 (aggravated harassment in  the  second  degree);  section  490.10
    23  (soliciting  or  providing support for an act of terrorism in the second
    24  degree); section 490.15 (soliciting or providing support for an  act  of
    25  terrorism  in  the  first  degree); section 490.20 (making a terroristic
    26  threat); section 490.25 (crime of terrorism); section 490.30  (hindering
    27  prosecution  of terrorism in the second degree); section 490.35 (hinder-
    28  ing prosecution of terrorism in the first degree); section 490.37 (crim-
    29  inal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in  the  third
    30  degree);  section  490.40  (criminal  possession of a chemical weapon or
    31  biological weapon  in  the  second  degree);  section  490.45  (criminal
    32  possession  of  a  chemical  weapon  or  biological  weapon in the first
    33  degree); section 490.47 (criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological
    34  weapon in the third degree); section 490.50 (criminal use of a  chemical
    35  weapon or biological weapon in the second degree); section 490.55 (crim-
    36  inal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the first degree);
    37  or any attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses.
    38    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    39  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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