Bill Text: NY S00353 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to aggravated harassment in the first degree; includes the display of a swastika in public view in aggravated harassment in the first degree.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00353 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00353-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           353
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- 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 aggravated  harassment  in
          the first degree
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of  section  240.31  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  74  of  the  laws  of  2008, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4. Sets on fire a cross in public view or displays a swastika, common-
     5  ly exhibited as the emblem of  Nazi  Germany,  on  a  billboard,  aerial
     6  display or by a similar method for uninvited public viewing; or
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03417-01-9