New York A 2159: Increases the classification of misdemeanor hate crime offenses to a felony

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A02159 Summary:

BILL NOA02159 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSOREichenstein

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COSPNSRSeawright

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §485.10, Pen L

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Increases the sentencing classification of misdemeanor hate crime offenses or of an attempt or conspiracy to commit a specified offense that is a misdemeanor to a class E felony.

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BILL NOA02159 

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01/15/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2159

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the classifica-
 tion of misdemeanor hate crime offenses to a felony

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 485.10 of the penal law, as added
 2 by chapter 107 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 3 2. When a person is convicted of a hate crime pursuant to this article
 4 and the specified offense is [a misdemeanor or] a class C, D or E felo-
 5 ny, the hate crime shall be deemed to be one category higher than the
 6 specified offense the defendant committed, or one category higher than
 7 the offense level applicable to the defendant's conviction for an
 8 attempt or conspiracy to commit a specified offense, whichever is appli-
 9 cable. When a person is convicted of a hate crime pursuant to this arti-
 10 cle and the specified offense is a misdemeanor or an attempt or conspir-
 11 acy to commit a specified offense that is a misdemeanor, the hate crime
 12 shall be deemed to be a class E felony.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 14 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02278-01-5

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