Bill Text: NY S02229 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the wearing of a mask or headgear in public places designed to threaten or intimidate a group or groups of people; provides that a violation shall be a class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02229 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02229-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2229
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 prohibiting the wearing of
         a mask or headgear in  a  public  setting  designed  to  intimidate  a
         particular group or groups of people
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.23  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 240.23 APPEARING IN PUBLIC PLACES DESIGNED TO THREATEN OR INTIMIDATE.
    4    A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF APPEARING IN PUBLIC PLACES DESIGNED TO THREATEN
    5  OR INTIMIDATE WHEN, KNOWING THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OR HER ACTIONS, SUCH
    6  PERSON APPEARS AT OR PARTICIPATES IN A MARCH, PARADE OR DEMONSTRATION OR
    7  IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE WHILE WEARING A MASK OR HEADGEAR WHICH IS RECOGNIZED
    8  AS A THREAT OR IS INTIMIDATING TO A PARTICULAR GROUP OR GROUPS OF PEOPLE
    9  BASED ON RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC OR OTHER PRINCIPLES. THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
   10  SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE SUCH MASK OR HEADGEAR IS WORN IN A THEATRE
   11  OR  SPORTING  EVENT, OR IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A PUBLIC HOLIDAY, OR WHERE
   12  SUCH MASK OR HEADGEAR IS NEEDED FOR MEDICAL OR EMERGENCY PURPOSES.
   13    APPEARING IN PUBLIC PLACES DESIGNED TO THREATEN  OR  INTIMIDATE  IS  A
   14  CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07403-01-1