New York A 684: Requires employers to annually report to the division of human rights the number of settlements with employees and other individuals regarding claims of discrimination on the basis of sex

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A00684 Summary:

BILL NOA00684 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBarclay

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COSPNSRPalmesano, Angelino, Hawley, Simpson, Gallahan, Brabenec, Durso, McDonough

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§125.27, 60.06 & 70.00, Pen L; amd §400.27, CP L

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Includes intentionally selecting a victim based on certain actual or perceived traits in the crime of murder in the first degree; provides that sentence for commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree is death or life without parole.

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BILL NOA00684 

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01/08/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 684

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, PALMESANO, ANGELINO, HAWLEY, SIMPSON,
 GALLAHAN, BRABENEC, DURSO, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in
 relation to the commission of and sentencing for certain provisions of
 murder 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. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
 2 section 125.27 of the penal law, as added by chapter 300 of the laws of
 3 2001, is amended and a new paragraph (xiv) is added to read as follows:
 4 (xiii) the victim was killed in furtherance of an act of terrorism, as
 5 defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 490.05 of this
 6 chapter; [and] or
 7 (xiv) the defendant intentionally selected the victim in whole or in
 8 substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the actual
 9 or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender
 10 identity or expression, religion, religious practice, age, disability,
 11 or sexual orientation of such victim, regardless of whether such belief
 12 or perception is correct; and
 13 § 2. Section 60.06 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 482 of the
 14 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 15 § 60.06 Authorized disposition; murder in the first degree offenders;
 16 aggravated murder offenders; certain murder in the second
 17 degree offenders; certain terrorism offenders; criminal
 18 possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon offen-
 19 ders; criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon
 20 offenders.
 21 When a defendant is convicted of murder in the first degree as defined
 22 in section 125.27 of this chapter, the court shall, in accordance with

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00158-01-5

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 1 the provisions of section 400.27 of the criminal procedure law, sentence
 2 the defendant to death, to life imprisonment without parole in accord-
 3 ance with subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title, or to a term
 4 of imprisonment for a class A-I felony other than a sentence of life
 5 imprisonment without parole, in accordance with subdivisions one through
 6 three of section 70.00 of this title. When a person is convicted of
 7 murder in the second degree as defined in subdivision five of section
 8 125.25 of this chapter or of the crime of aggravated murder as defined
 9 in subdivision one of section 125.26 of this chapter, or of the crime of
 10 murder in the first degree as defined in subparagraph (i), (ii), (ii-a),
 11 (iii), (viii), (xi), (xiii), or (xiv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision
 12 one of section 125.27 of this chapter and the sentence of death is not
 13 imposed the court shall sentence the defendant to life imprisonment
 14 without parole in accordance with subdivision five of section 70.00 of
 15 this title. When a defendant is convicted of the crime of terrorism as
 16 defined in section 490.25 of this chapter, and the specified offense the
 17 defendant committed is a class A-I felony offense, or when a defendant
 18 is convicted of the crime of criminal possession of a chemical weapon or
 19 biological weapon in the first degree as define